Baptism Flashcards
The other sacraments add nothing extrinsic but,
Develop to maturity what is already present there
After receiving the divine life of Christ, one must be able to live
A Christian life
After Baptism, there is no longer any
Excuse for sin
Who instituted Baptism?
Christ
What does Baptism introduce one into?
The Church and incorporates one into Christ
Baptism confers the sacramental character by which
Christians share in the priesthood of Christ
Baptism confers all the
Rights and enjoins all the duties of the Christian
Baptism cannot be
Replaced
Baptism remits
Sins, original and personal, and confers the life of grace
Baptism is administered with
Water and the Trinitarian formula
Baptism at least of desire is
Necessary for salvation
Infants can
And should be baptized
Adults must be
Free in receiving Baptism
The priest or deacon is
The ordinary minister of Baptism though every man can baptize validly
Baptism is a repetition of
The original Pentecostal experience of the Spirit
What is the symbolic meaning of water?
Life and death with the Spirit making the difference
To be baptized is to
Undergo Pentecost
John’s Baptism (4)
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)
Jesus’ Baptism was unique because
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
Paul theological interpretation of Baptism
The Baptism is a enactment of Christ’s passion, death, and Resurrection. (Christian baptism must be understood in the context of Cavalry)
Another Paul interpretation of Baptism
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
Baptism is a future oriented thing
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
What are the NT facets of Baptism?
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
Key normative biblical themes regarding baptism include
Water, chaos, Spirit, Burial
Baptism means a radical change in life,
An event as decisive as death and as final as everlasting life
The sacraments of Bap, Conf, and euch, are called sacraments of initiation because
They begin a process
