Baptism is something quite different from an act of ecclesial socialization, from a slightly old-fashioned and complicated rite for receiving people into the Church. It is also more than a simple washing, more than a kind of purification and beautification of the soul. It is truly death and resurrection, rebirth, transformation to a new life.
BTTT again!
11 posted on 04/16/2006 1:46:09 PM PDT by Tax-chick
("Life is too short to drink bad wine." ~ The Captain)