What is the sacrament of Baptism?
It consists in an ablution, made with natural water, during which are pronounced over the person being baptized, by the person administering the sacrament, these words:" I baptize thee, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (LXVI. 1-5).
Can the same person receive the sacrament of Baptism more than once?
No; this sacrament can be received only once, by reason of the indelible character impressed on the soul (LXVI. 9).
Can the Baptism of blood, or the Baptism of desire, take the place of the Baptism of water?
Yes, the Baptism of blood, which is martyrdom and figures the Passion of our Blessed Lord, and the Baptism of desire, which consists in an act of the love of God through the action of the Holy Ghost, can both take the place of the Baptism of water; but in this sense, that the grace of Baptism can be obtained without the reception of the sacrament itself when this reception is impossible; but not in the sense that the character of the sacrament can be received apart from the sacrament itself (LXVI. 11).
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