Sentences with phrase «sacrament of baptism»

In January 1588, he wrote to a friend in the Electoral service, Johann Loser, asking him to be godfather to his son «whom God has given me this night by my dear Katie, so that he may come out of the old Adam's nature to the rebirth in Christ through the holy sacrament of baptism, and may become a member of sacred Christendom.

During Lent, a season in which the great sacraments of Baptism, the Eucharist, and Penance come into high relief, it is good to think on that, pray over it, give thanks for it — and perhaps resolve, in the future, to avoid imagery and language that suggests that «this is our Church.»

They even formed a Neo-Hindu Church of Christ with its own sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist.

He elaborated at length on what he had been saying for the previous fifteen years: «The holy Christian people are recognised by their possession of the holy word of God... the holy sacrament of baptism... the holy sacrament of the altar... by the holy possession of the sacred cross.

Moreover, the rich connections that Paul established between the sacrament of baptism and the resurrected Christ would never have come to full flower.

They have no knowledge of life yet, so how can they possibly receive the sacrament of baptism?

Clearly, he saw more here than «grace» or the sacrament of baptism.

Likewise, when Namaan the Syrian emerges from the Jordan cleansed of his leprosy, we are supposed to understand that the river's healing waters really signify grace in general and the sacrament of baptism in particular.

The sacrament of baptism, the Catechism (1213) tells us, «is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to the other sacraments.»

Washing in water, for example, is the outward sign of the sacrament of baptism.

Through the sacrament of baptism Christians participate not only in the death of Christ but also in his resurrection.

What matters is that moment of conversion, not the sacrament of baptism, because everything depends on my being able to say «I believe.»

And none is more real than that which comes to light in Cary's explanation of what Luther actually means by «faith alone,» namely, a simple, firm belief that our sins are absolved when we hear the divine words to that effect pronounced in the sacraments of Baptism and Penance.

The folksy domestic sentiment with which we surround the sacrament of baptism obscures its daring as a public rite.

The sacrament of Baptism means incorporation into the body of Christ.

How often is the sacrament of baptism celebrated in a spirit of genuine hope for the whole world's future liberation?

Introduction: «By the sacrament of baptism a person is truly incorporated into Christ and into his Church and is reborn to a sharing of the divine life.

Discipleship in the world today means following a living Jesus as he is proclaimed in the preaching of the church and in the Sacraments of Baptism and Communion.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that «God has bound salvation to the sacrament of baptism, but he himself is not bound by his sacraments» (n. 1257).

Like the poet Heinrich Heine, he considered the sacrament of baptism only as «an entrance card into the community of European culture».

If you knew anything about the Christian faith you'd know that it is a pastor's job to use the law and the gospel (including the Sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion) to keep the believer in faith and lead the non-believer to faith.

Most Stimulating: Talking about the sacraments of baptism, confession, communion and anointing of the sick with Lutheran (ELCA) clergy in Minnesota.

But are the sacraments of Baptism and the Supper such a far cry from what the Twelve were authorized by Jesus to perform?

The argument of this chapter is that the extraordinary labors to which Christ calls his church today may well be the celebration of the sacraments of Baptism and the Supper, joined to the bold proclamation of his sovereignty over all the powers that threaten the welfare of humankind.

And that is the possibility that the marvelous works to which Jesus calls us are the celebration of the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

the answer that comes to mind is the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper!

In my experience, the vast number of practising Catholics — when asked — agree with the proposition that the children should not be deprived of the sacrament of baptism because their parents do not practise the faith.

Perhaps choosing the sacrament of baptism rather than a confirmation of infant baptism would distinguish a commitment to Jesus Christ from a choice to join a church.

«Peter, though, is strong in confronting those who would deny the sacrament of baptism to the Gentiles, and argues for an acceptance of believers who do not follow the circu - mcision rules of Leviticus (which is also where we find a condemnation of ho - mose - xuality).»

The special form of the sacrament of baptism is therefore especially powerful in representing symbolically the inward sense of the obliteration of guilt.

Peter, though, is strong in confronting those who would deny the sacrament of baptism to the Gentiles, and argues for an acceptance of believers who do not follow the circumcision rules of Leviticus (which is also where we find a condemnation of homosexuality).

Part of my job, as a minister in The United Church of Canada is to celebrate the sacraments of baptism (in the name of the Trinity, in fact, we still have to use the traditional trinitarian formula, even if we wish we could do otherwise) and communion.

For example, in the sacrament of baptism there is apparently a special virtue or power in the symbolic washing of a penitent with water.

Catholic Church recognizes the sacrament of baptism as valid in all christian denominations.

The manner of it becomes dearer when we consider the sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist (the Holy Communion or Lord's Supper, or, as it is called in some Western churches, the Mass).

He also ridiculed the use of chrism (olive oil scented with balsam) in anointing, which was an obligatory part of the sacraments of baptism confirmation and ordination.

However, our communion with each other, if it is to be full communion, needs to go beyond the Sacrament of Baptism.

In the last few paragraphs of this chapter we shall attempt to explain the Eucharist, and the sacrament of baptism by which it is preceded, according to the spirit of process theology.

St. Paul's answer is the sacrament of baptism: «For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body»; «For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ».

This communication is re-enacted in the sacraments of the Baptism and the Holy Supper, both of which are symbolic manifestation of the solidarity bond, forged among the people through Jesus their Messiah.