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arrow_rightPart Two: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery
arrow_rightSection Two: The Seven Sacraments of the Church
arrow_rightChapter One: The Sacraments of Christian Initiation

Article 1. The Sacrament of Baptism

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Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua),1 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: “Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word.”2

Subsections
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I. What is This Sacrament Called?
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II. Baptism in the Economy of Savlation
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III. How is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?
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IV. Who Can Receive Baptism?
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V. Who Can Baptize?
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VI. The Necessity of Baptism
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VII. The Grace of Baptism
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In Brief
Footnotes

  1. Cf. Council of Florence: DS 1314: vitae spiritualis ianua.

  2. Roman Catechism II, 2, 5; cf. Council of Florence: DS 1314; CIC, cann. 204 § 1; 849; CCEO, can. 675 § 1.