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1 | How did baptism heal naaman of leprosy? | 1 Pet 3:21 | Emmaus | 78429 | ||
Disciplerami, Here is where I stand and what I believe in response to your question. "The Baptism of infants 1250 Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called.[50] The sheer gratuitousness of the grace of salvation is particularly manifest in infant Baptism. The Church and the parents would deny a child the priceless grace of becoming a child of God were they not to confer Baptism shortly after birth.[51] 1251 Christian parents will recognize that this practice also accords with their role as nurturers of the life that God has entrusted to them.[52] 1252 The practice of infant Baptism is an immemorial tradition of the Church. There is explicit testimony to this practice from the second century on, and it is quite possible that, from the beginning of the apostolic preaching, when whole "households" received baptism, infants may also have been baptized.[53] Faith and Baptism 1253 Baptism is the sacrament of faith.[54] But faith needs the community of believers. It is only within the faith of the Church that each of the faithful can believe. The faith required for Baptism is not a perfect and mature faith, but a beginning that is called to develop. The catechumen or the godparent is asked: "What do you ask of God's Church?" The response is: "Faith!" 1254 For all the baptized, children or adults, faith must grow after Baptism. For this reason the Church celebrates each year at the Easter Vigil the renewal of baptismal promises. Preparation for Baptism leads only to the threshold of new life. Baptism is the source of that new life in Christ from which the entire Christian life springs forth. 1255 For the grace of Baptism to unfold, the parents' help is important. So too is the role of the godfather and godmother, who must be firm believers, able and ready to help the newly baptized - child or adult on the road of Christian life.[55] Their task is a truly ecclesial function (officium).[56] The whole ecclesial community bears some responsibility for the development and safeguarding of the grace given at Baptism." Catechism of the Catholic Church Emmaus |
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2 | How did baptism heal naaman of leprosy? | 1 Pet 3:21 | disciplerami | 78441 | ||
Greetings Emmaus, I guess any explanation could fall into the realm of possibility, but we might just as easily derive from Scripture that: Children have no sin, no sin nature. That the faith of the individual is prerequisite to salvation, not the faith of another the community of believers. Baptism has no power apart from the faith in the recipient. Thanks for responding anyway. Have a good day, Disciplerami |
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3 | How did baptism heal naaman of leprosy? | 1 Pet 3:21 | Emmaus | 78450 | ||
Disciperami, "Baptism has no power apart from the faith in the recipient." And here I was believeing that the power of Baptism came from God's unmerited favor. What is the faith even of an adult other than unmerited favor or grace? What can an adult do to get faith that a child can't do? Nothing! Are God's gifts restricted to adults? No! Does God use parent as agents to deliver His gifts to children? Yes! Of course the infant does have the advantage of not being able at that stage to resist God's grace unlike adults. May God be generous with His favor to you also and to all of us! Emmaus |
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