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To: Petrosius

If baptism is what saves a Roman Catholic, and mortal sin causes one to lose their salvation....why doesn’t the Roman Catholic have to be re-baptized again in order to regain salvation?


657 posted on 07/20/2017 6:35:22 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone
If baptism is what saves a Roman Catholic, and mortal sin causes one to lose their salvation....why doesn’t the Roman Catholic have to be re-baptized again in order to regain salvation?

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church

1272 Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, the person baptized is configured to Christ. Baptism seals the Christian with the indelible spiritual mark (character) of his belonging to Christ. No sin can erase this mark, even if sin prevents Baptism from bearing the fruits of salvation. Given once for all, Baptism cannot be repeated.
For sin committed after Baptism our Lord instituted the sacrament of Penance (see John 20:33).
660 posted on 07/20/2017 6:51:23 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: ealgeone
If baptism is what saves a Roman Catholic, and mortal sin causes one to lose their salvation....why doesn’t the Roman Catholic have to be re-baptized again in order to regain salvation?

Because Catholics have available the Sacrament of Penance.

The Catholic Church has never approved repeated baptisms.

668 posted on 07/20/2017 7:32:08 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome)
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To: ealgeone

If you EVER get a answer to that one, please ping me to it!


682 posted on 07/20/2017 9:25:34 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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