The very thing that Catholics continually mock and deride non-Catholics for claiming.
Do as I say, not as I do, eh?
Breath-taking hypocrisy duly noted.
I see that tune is still being played....and unfortunately many do believe that being Baptized saves them....but what one might 'believe' and what 'the truth' of the matter is can be very different then one desires it to be.
Heck, I remember a 65 yr. old Methodist woman who believed her whole life that her infant Baptism was sufficient...only to attend a Baptismal class and determine God wanted her to Baptized as an adult through submersion.
Her testimony was riveting as she explained how God moved her heart on this matter. Stunningly.. a year later she went on to become a missionary with Wycliffe.
I suppose for a Catholic to change their opinion it would require God move their heart and mind likewise and they be receptive to His will on the matter. Hard for that to happen when they are stuck in so many traditions and rituals otherwise.
“..Catholica mock and deride...”
No one is mocking or deriding anything. The Catholic Church requires baptism because the bible requires it based on the verse from Acts that I quoted as well as other verses.
No mocking or hypocrisy is involved. Attacking Catholicism without actually understanding its teachings isn’t OK.
LOL GMTA