oh, good...you get to make your own rules....I thought that Baptism freed us from original sin and that the Sacrament of penance freed us from our mortal and venial sins....now you tell me that I'm wrong....oh well, I tried.
The shed blood of Christ is what washes away the sins...all sins. Big ones and little ones. Penance does nothing for us. Baptism is an outward sign of that cleansing. Without repentance and faith in Christ, baptism just means you are a wet sinner.
No Christian believes that forgiveness of sins comes from anyone or anywhere other than Christ.
You believe that we are forgiven when we say “I believe in Jesus Christ and believe He will forgive my sins.
The Sacraments are WORDS. Sign language. Every effect they have is because of the death and resurrection of Christ—to which they all refer, just like words.