[CynicalBear]

>>The mark is what’s called an indelible mark on one’s soul and it’s meant to be a good thing, an indication that one is baptized in the Lord. Not some “horrible” mark like the branding of an animal.<<

Proof of that definition with documentation please.

[piusv]

St Paul speaks of baptism as the new circumcision in Christ. Baptism spiritually marks a Christian in the New Covenant as circumcision physically marked a Jew in the Old Covenant.