LOL, such effort is made to deny the clear words of Peter in 1 PETER 3:20-21.
v20 who formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is eight persons, WERE SAVED THRU WATER.
nothing symbolic about this, the eight people were saved thru water.
v21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, NOW SAVES YOU.....
AGAIN, NOTHING SYMBOLIC ABOUT IT.
you also notice Peter doesn’t say “water baptism” , just baptism.in the Apostolic times, there was only ONE BAPTISM, the Baptists and their “two baptism” heresy wouldn’t arrive on the world scene for another 1,500 years.
oh, by the way, check a post or two prior where i show absolutely that the gift the Holy Spirit gave Cornelius was tongues and not baptism. but i do appreciate your posting Augustine, too bad you don’t believe as he did.
And which was a figure of what spiritual took place, but water did not purify from sin, but the faith which one expresses in baptism, in conscience toward God, thus souls were “purified by faith” even before baptism, as shown to you before, and Rome must allow.
However, consistent with form, rather than actually interact with what extensively opposes your polemic, you typically just dismiss such and assert the same things. I prefer Catholics who try to engage in actual exchange. Bye. Again.