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To: NYer
[ Everyone who becomes Christian is born anew (John 3) Only through the Sacrament of Baptism. ]

Born again thru Baptism?.. You must be a Baptist?.. but then the Baptists don't believe that..

What club to you belong to?..

143 posted on 01/29/2006 3:29:06 PM PST by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
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Beati qui non viderunt
Vitam Aeternam habebunt


144 posted on 01/29/2006 4:02:15 PM PST by Syberyenta
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To: hosepipe
Born again thru Baptism?.. You must be a Baptist?.. but then the Baptists don't believe that..

No ... not the Baptists; through the Sacrament of Baptism.

"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen." - Matthew 28:18-20

"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." - Mark 16:15-16

"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." - John 3:3-5


147 posted on 01/29/2006 4:32:05 PM PST by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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To: hosepipe
Born again thru Baptism?.. You must be a Baptist?.. but then the Baptists don't believe that..

Catholics believe that men are reborn to life through the Sacrament of Baptism.

"Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: 'Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word.' ...

This sacrament is also called 'the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,' for it signifies and actually brings about the birth of water and the Spirit without which no one 'can enter the kingdom of God.'" Catechism of the Catholic Church, §§ 1213, 1215

151 posted on 01/29/2006 4:55:58 PM PST by gbcdoj (Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according to his will so he would shew his mercy to us Jud 8:17)
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