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To: Marysecretary
"Belief in Christ is FIRST and then baptism. It’s not the other way around."

That's what Catholics believe:

1226 From the very day of Pentecost the Church has celebrated and administered holy Baptism. Indeed St. Peter declares to the crowd astounded by his preaching: "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."26 The apostles and their collaborators offer Baptism to anyone who believed in Jesus: Jews, the God-fearing, pagans.27 Always, Baptism is seen as connected with faith: "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household," St. Paul declared to his jailer in Philippi. And the narrative continues, the jailer "was baptized at once, with all his family."28

26 Acts 2:38.
27 Cf. Acts 2:41; 8:12-13; 10:48; 16:15.
28 Acts 16:31-33.

Source: http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p2s2c1a1.htm#II

43 posted on 05/27/2009 11:35:54 AM PDT by GonzoII ("That they may be one...Father")
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To: GonzoII

From what I gather on these posts, infant baptism is salvific. That’s where we part company, I think.


44 posted on 05/27/2009 12:00:28 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
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