CCC 1228

Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH›CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION›II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation

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Entities

Baptism Sacred Scripture

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Hence Baptism is a bath of water in which the "imperishable seed" of the Word of God produces its life-giving effect. St. Augustine says of Baptism: "The word is brought to the material element, and it becomes a sacrament."

Footnotes

⇒ 1 Pet 1:23; cf. ⇒ Eph 5:26.
St. Augustine, In Jo. ev. 80, 3: PL 35, 1840.

Bible Citations (2)

1 Peter Ephesians

1 Peter 1:23, Ephesians 5:26

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Augustine

Ecclesiastical Documents (1)

Patrologia Latina

Patrologia Latina 35, 1840

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