“It says to repent and be baptized A baby is incapable of repenting.
And a baby can’t....
“That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9”
~ ~ ~
Acts 2:38
But Peter said to them: Do penance, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins: and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
The above is what the first Bible states...”Do penance” not the KJV’s CHANGE of word to “Repent.” Most likely changed it to fit the heresy of “faith alone.”
Peter was speaking to adults about Our Lord’s teachings, there is penance involved in “repentance” for all of us as adults. Peter then states “AND be baptized”, the adult people he was speaking to hadn’t been baptized yet.
Peter’s next words are “everyone of you” this means everyone, entire families. That is/was the practice of the faithful.
How inconsistent (no offense, trying to get you to see) non-Catholic Christians are, their heresy of “faith alone”...doesn’t fit. ?? They come up with requirements, a “work”, you have to be a certain age and the “accepting Jesus as you personal Lord and Savior” to be baptized.
The word in the original GREEK is μετανοέω (metanoeÅ), and is the word used by Jesus, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul. The word means "Repentance (metanoia, 'change of mind') involves a turning with contrition from sin to God; the repentant sinner is in the proper condition to accept the divine forgiveness." (F. F. Bruce. The Acts of the Apostles [Greek Text Commentary], London: Tyndale, 1952, p. 97.)" I'd like to know what you mean by "do penance". In the Hebrew Old Testament, the word translated "turn" is shuwb is also the word that gets translated as "do penance" in the Douay-Rheims. It's interesting that the DR translates the SAME Hebrew word two ways in the Old Testament, where the KJV is consistent and translates it as "repent". In the New Testament, the Greek word is metanoia and IS the word used in Acts 2:38, when Peter tells the people to "repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ..." which means "to change one's mind" and is used 36 times in the NT. Jesus, for example uses the word in Matt. 4:17 saying, "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.". I'd like to know how you interpret the word "repent" and what is the difference between that and "do penance".
As for "faith alone" not fitting or being inconsistent, I don't see how believing in Jesus Christ as Savior, having faith in Him, is somehow a "work" but doing penance and having to be water baptized by a priest saying the correct formula in order to be saved is not a work. Not to mention, we all know good and well that Roman Catholicism does NOT teach "being saved" is an assurance anyone can have and that no one can know for sure until they die and face judgment weighing their good works against their sins. The only "requirement" we are told in order to be saved is "believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved." (Acts 16:31) We also know that genuine faith DOES result in a changed life and good works become a natural outgrowth of the new spirit nature that indwells the believer. Faith is what saves us and good works are the evidence of faith, not the requirement for salvation.