Baptism

Question 1

The other sacraments add nothing extrinsic but,

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Develop to maturity what is already present there

Question 2

After receiving the divine life of Christ, one must be able to live

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A Christian life

Question 3

After Baptism, there is no longer any

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Excuse for sin

Question 4

Who instituted Baptism?

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Christ

Question 5

What does Baptism introduce one into?

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The Church and incorporates one into Christ

Question 6

Baptism confers the sacramental character by which

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Christians share in the priesthood of Christ

Question 7

Baptism confers all the

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Rights and enjoins all the duties of the Christian

Question 8

Baptism cannot be

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Replaced

Question 9

Baptism remits

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Sins, original and personal, and confers the life of grace

Question 10

Baptism is administered with

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Water and the Trinitarian formula

Question 11

Baptism at least of desire is

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Necessary for salvation

Question 12

Infants can

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And should be baptized

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Adults must be

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Free in receiving Baptism

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The priest or deacon is

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The ordinary minister of Baptism though every man can baptize validly

Question 15

Baptism is a repetition of

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The original Pentecostal experience of the Spirit

Question 16

What is the symbolic meaning of water?

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Life and death with the Spirit making the difference

Question 17

To be baptized is to

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Undergo Pentecost

Question 18

John’s Baptism (4)

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Was once and for all call to repentance, was given immediately to whoever asked, had rigorous ethical demands attached, was consciously ushering the last times (eschatology)

Question 19

Jesus’ Baptism was unique because

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It was a sign of the new age, it was a corollary symbol with Israel entering into the promised land as a fulfillment of the covenant with God, and emphasizes Jesus’ call to public ministry

Question 20

Paul theological interpretation of Baptism

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The Baptism is a enactment of Christ’s passion, death, and Resurrection. (Christian baptism must be understood in the context of Cavalry)

Question 21

Another Paul interpretation of Baptism

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To be baptized is to go into those waters which signify that we have died to evil and are risen with Jesus and have been anointed with his spirit; one who is baptized is undergoing conversion, a genuine “turn about”, a decisive leaving of the old and a public and sincere adoption of the new

Question 22

Baptism is a future oriented thing

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i) It is the embrace of God who first loved us
ii) It is an uncalled for pouring out of his spirit – unmerited and unconditional
iii) Now it remains for us to grow into what we are, i.e., the rest of our earthly existence is to become morally what we are “objectively” through baptism: sons and daughters of God

Question 23

What are the NT facets of Baptism?

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Baptism is a change of allegiance from sin to God
Baptism was putting off the old and putting on the new
Baptism was a new birth
Baptism enlightens
Baptism makes a person a sharer in Christ and therefore, he is, like Christ, anointed priest and king

Question 24

Key normative biblical themes regarding baptism include

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Water, chaos, Spirit, Burial

Question 25

Baptism means a radical change in life,

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An event as decisive as death and as final as everlasting life

Question 26

The sacraments of Bap, Conf, and euch, are called sacraments of initiation because

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They begin a process