1. EFFECTS OF BAPTISM
NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
INCORPORATION INTO
THE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY
SHARING IN THE
DIVINE LIFE

2. NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
BIBLICALLY PRESENTED IN TWO WAYS:
THROUGH THE SYMBOL OF WATER AND GOD’S SPIRIT
RELATED TO CREATION ACCOUNT,
NEW CREATION IN BAPTISM

3. SHARING IN CHRIST’S BAPTISM,
IN HIS PASCHAL MYSTERY
DYING AND RISING WITH CHRIST IN BAPTISM

4. ORIGINAL SIN AND BAPTISM
ORIGINAL SIN:
SINFUL CONDITION
INTO WHICH ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN
AS DESCENDANTS OF ADAM AND EVE
EFFECTS:
MORAL WEAKNESS
INCLINATION TO EVIL

5. BAPTISM
SENSIBLE SIGN OF WASHING WITH WATER
SYMBOLIZES
CLEANSING
FROM ALL SIN
REBIRTH TO NEW LIFE
IN THE SPIRIT
THROUGH WATER AND SPIRIT,
BAPTISM TAKES AWAY SIN,
THUS, EFFECTING AND SIGNIFYING COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

6. INCOPORATION INTO THE CHURCH
BAPTISM
UNITES US WITH OTHERS AS
MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST

7. SOCIAL DIMENSION OF BAPTISM
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST IS NEVER A PRIVATE AFFAIR
RATHER, IT IS A RELATIONSHIP THAT
ORIGINATES GROWS DEVELOPS
WITH FELLOW MEMBERS OF CHRIST’S BODY
OUR BAPTISMAL LIFE IS NEVER SOLITARY
BUT A COMMUNAL SHARING
WITH OTHERS IN THE CHRIST OUR LORD

8. AS INCORPORATION INTO THE CHURCH
BAPTISM CONFERS A CHARING IN CHRIST’S MISSION
THREEFOLD OFFICE OF CHRIST:
PROPHETIC:
BEARING
WITNESS
PRIESTLY:
OFFERING
SPIRITUAL
SACRIFICES
KINGLY:
SERVICE

9. BAPTISM
AS A SACRAMENT OF FAITH
TWO SENSES
INITIAL DEEPENING OF FAITH: DEEPENING OF FAITH
PROMPTS PEOPLE
TO ASK FOR BAPTISM
EFFECTS OF
BAPTISMAL GRACE
HOW TO BECOME
A CHRISTIAN
HOW TO REMAIN
A CHRISTIAN

10. BAPTISM
AS A SACRAMENT OF FAITH
REVEALS
THE DYNAMIC PROCESS
OF CHRISTIAN
FORMATION
REVEALS
BAPTISM IS NOT
RECEIVED PASSIVELY:
DEMANDS
PROPER DISPOSITION
ACTIVE PERSONAL RESPONSE
WHICH CONTINUES
THROUGOUT THE BAPTISMAL LFE

11. SHARING IN THE DIVINE LIFE
WE ARE NOT SIMPLY CREATURES ANYMORE BUT
CHILDREN OF GOD
THROUGH THE SON,
JESUS
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHO DWELL IN US

12. BAPTISMAL FORMULA:
Name, I baptize you in the name of the Father,
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
ORDINARY MINISTERS OF BAPTISM:
BISHOP, PRIEST, DEACON
IN CASE OF NECESSITY (IN DANGER OF DEATH)
ANY PERSON, EVEN SOMEONE NOT BAPTIZED
BAPTISMAL SEAL:
PERMANENT CHARACTER
HENCE, CAN ONLY BE RECEIVED ONCE