[Alamo-Girl]

So, one receives the Holy Ghost and is baptized, or one is baptized and receives the Holy Ghost. Plain and simple: if you have a whiff of the Holy Ghost in you, thank the Church which baptized you.

To the contrary, dear annalex, on this point all of the Gospels agree: that it is Jesus Christ who baptizes us with the Holy Spirit:

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and [with] fire: - Matt 3:11

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. - Mark 1:8

John answered, saying unto [them] all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: - Luke 3:16

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. - John 1:33

[annalex]

on this point all of the Gospels agree: that it is Jesus Christ who baptizes us with the Holy Spirit:

Of course; however, the same baptism that gives you the fellowship of the Holy Ghost also defines the boundary of the Catholic Church. "We beleive in one baptism..."