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The academic area of Christian theology includes historical, systematic, and doctrinal theology, from varying perspectives and traditions. Early views. Jesus and the earliest members of the Christian faith tradition were Jews, and thus they stood in the faith tradition inherited by Hebrew people in. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA Baptism. Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only 1. One of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church frequently called the first sacrament, the door of the sacraments, and the door of the Church. The subject will be treated under the following headings. Authoritative statement of doctrine. At the outset we think it advisable to give two documents which express clearly the mind of the Church on the subject of baptism. They are valuable, also, as containing a summary of the main points to be considered in the treatment of this important matter. Baptism is defined positively in the one and negatively in the other. The positive document The Decree for the ArmeniansThe Decree for the Armenians, in the Bull Exultate Deo of Pope Eugene IV, is often referred to as a decree of the Council of Florence. While it is not necessary to hold this decree to be a dogmatic definition of the matter and form and minister of the sacraments, it is undoubtedly a practical instruction, emanating from the Holy See, and as such, has full authenticity in a canonical sense. That is, it is authoritative. The decree speaks thus of Baptism Holy Baptism holds the first place among the sacraments, because it is the door of the spiritual life for by it we are made members of Christ and incorporated with the Church. And since through the first man death entered into all, unless we be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, we can not enter into the kingdom of Heaven, as Truth Himself has told us. The matter of this sacrament is true and natural water and it is indifferent whether it be cold or hot. The form is I baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. We do not, however, deny that the words Let this servant of Christ be baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost or This person is baptized by my hands in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, constitute true baptism because since the principal cause from which baptism has its efficacy is the Holy Trinity, and the instrumental cause is the minister who confers the sacrament exteriorly, then if the act exercised by the minister be expressed, together with the invocation of the Holy Trinity, the sacrament is perfected. The minister of this sacrament is the priest, to whom it belongs to baptize, by reason of his office. In case of necessity, however, not only a priest or deacon, but even a layman or woman, nay, even a pagan or heretic can baptize, provided he observes the form used by the Church, and intends to perform what the Church performs. The effect of this sacrament is the remission of all sin, original and actual likewise of all punishment which is due for sin. As a consequence, no satisfaction for past sins is enjoined upon those who are baptized and if they die before they commit any sin, they attain immediately to the kingdom of heaven and the vision of God. The negative document De BaptismoThe negative document we call the canons on baptism decreed by the Council of Trent Sess. VII, De Baptismo, in which the following doctrines are anathematized declared heretical The baptism of John the Precursor had the same efficacy as the baptism of Christ, True and natural water is not necessary for baptism, and therefore the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost are metaphorical. The truedoctrine of the sacrament of baptism is not taught by the Roman Church, Baptism given by heretics in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost with the intention of performing what the Church performs, is not true baptism, Baptism is free, that is, not necessary for salvation. A baptized person, even if he wishes it, can not lose grace, no matter how much he sins, unless he refuses to believe. Those who are baptized are obliged only to have faith, but not to observe the whole law of Christ. Baptized persons are not obliged to observe all the precepts of the Church, written and traditional, unless of their own accord they wish to submit to them. All vows made after baptism are void by reason of the promises made in baptism itself because by these vows injury is done to the faith which has been professed in baptism and to the sacrament itself. All sins committed after baptism are either forgiven or rendered venial by the sole remembrance and faith of the baptism that has been received. Baptism although truly and properly administered, must be repeated in the case of a person who has denied the faith of Christ before infidels and has been brought again to repentance. No one is to be baptized except at the age at which Christ was baptized or at the moment of death. Infants, not being able to make an act of faith, are not to be reckoned among the faithful after their baptism, and therefore when they come to the age of discretion they are to be rebaptized or it is better to omit their baptism entirely than to baptize them as believing on the sole faith of the Church, when they themselves can not make a proper act of faith. Soul Calibur 3 Para Pc. Those baptized as infants are to be asked when they have grown up, whether they wish to ratify what their sponsors had promised for them at their baptism, and if they reply that they do not wish to do so, they are to be left to their own will in the matter and not to be forced by penalties to lead a Christian life, except to be deprived of the reception of the Eucharist and of the other sacraments, until they reform. The doctrines here condemned by the Council of Trent, are those of various leaders among the early reformers. The contradictory of all these statements is to be held as the dogmatic teaching of the Church. Etymology. The word Baptism is derived from the Greek word, bapto, or baptizo, to wash or to immerse. Activate Prepaid Visa. It signifies, therefore, that washing is of the essential idea of the sacrament. Apostila Eletricidade Basica Senai Pdf'>Apostila Eletricidade Basica Senai Pdf. Scripture uses the term baptize both literally and figuratively. It is employed in a metaphorical sense in Acts 1 5, where the abundance of the grace of the Holy Ghost is signified, and also in Luke 1. Christ in His Passion. Otherwise in the New Testament, the root word from which baptism is derived is used to designate the laving with water, and it is employed, when speaking of Jewish lustrations, and of the baptism of John, as well as of the Christian Sacrament of Baptism cf. Hebrews 6 2 Mark 7 4. In ecclesiastical usage, however, when the terms Baptize, Baptism are employed without a qualifying word, they are intended to signify the sacramental washing by which the soul is cleansed from sin at the same time that water is poured upon the body. Many other terms have been used as descriptive synonyms for baptism both in the Bible and Christian antiquity, as the washing of regeneration, illumination, the seal of God, the water of eternallife, the sacrament of the Trinity, and so on. In English, the term christen is familiarly used for baptize. As, however, the former word signifies only the effect of baptism, that is, to make one a Christian, but not the manner and the act, moralists hold that I christen could probably not be substituted validly for I baptize in conferring the sacrament.