Nature and Effects of Baptism
1 Q. What is the sacrament of Baptism?
A. Baptism is a sacrament by which we are born again to the grace of God, and become Christians.
2 Q. What are the effects of the sacrament of Baptism?
A. The sacrament of Baptism confers first sanctifying grace by which original sin is washed away, as well as all actual sin if any such exists; it remits all punishment due on account of such sins; it imprints the character of a Christian; it makes us children of God, members of the Church, and heirs to Paradise, and enables us to receive the other sacraments.
3 Q. What is the matter of Baptism?
A. The matter of Baptism is natural water which is poured on the head of the person to be baptised in such a quantity as to flow. 4 Q.
What is the form of Baptism?
A. The form of Baptism is: "I baptise thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost."
(Tomorrow, The Sacraments - Baptism - Minister of Baptism)
Pius X, Pope St.. Catholic Catechism of Saint Pius X (1908) (p. 57). Kindle Edition.
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