Not exact matches
If you read the article a little closer you will see that the scriptural reference used comes from the Bible's New Testament,
where Paul having a discussion regarding the resurrection, asks why would followers of Christ
at his time perform
baptisms for dead if there were to be no resurrection.
So my independent critical thinking is this: Jesus Christ founded His Church for His people so when we fall into sin we have His inst!tuted Sacraments to bring us back to the relationship we had with Him
at our
Baptism; to leave the Church in search of something «man made» because of someone's sin would just mean that I would go somewhere else
where there are people and people the world over sin!
Since the book draws from the imagery of the seven sacraments —
baptism, confession, communion, holy orders, marriage, healing, and confirmation — stories that center around those experiences are much more likely to strike a chord with
where I'm
at creatively with this project.
The oil for
baptism is blessed by the bishop
at the Chrism Mass in Holy Week,
where all the clergy of a diocese gather together, and this re-emphasises the fact that each baptised Christian is in unity with the whole church.
Baptism is recalled not only every Easter, when the faithful renew their baptismal promises, but also
at a sung Mass with the Asperges,
where the people are sprinkled with water, in a rite which replaces the usual penitential rite.
Catholic schools are making that argument on billboards, in social media, in radio ads in Grand Rapids, and in an app in Joliet, Illinois, targeted
at parents in their 20s and 30s giving information on appropriate Christian names for children, steps to
baptism — and
where to find the local Catholic school.