CCC 1219
Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH›CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION›II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation
The Church has seen in Noah's ark a prefiguring of salvation by Baptism, for by it "a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water": The waters of the great flood you made a sign of the waters of Baptism, that make an end of sin and a new beginning of goodness.
Footnotes
- ⇒ 1 Pet 3:20.
- Roman Missal, Easter Vigil 42: Blessing of Water.