#23 Growing Faith (packs of 10): Baptism: How We Begin Life in the Church

by Bill Huebsch

Growing Faith is sold in packs of ten booklets.

10 booklets per pack -- 8.5 X 11" - 8 pages each in full color with original artwork

Each booklet in the Growing Faith Project provides a complete treatment of Catholic teachings on its topic. The material is presented in plain English. Es disponible en español también. Se llama Creciendo en la Fe, y es en español sencillo. It is based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and has a Nihil Obstat and an Imprimatur.

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This booklet summarizes articles 1210 thru 1284 of The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the main points include:

• Christian initiation is accomplished in three sacraments together: Baptism which is the beginning of new life; Confirmation which is its strengthening; and the Eucharist which nourishes the disciple with Christ's Body and Blood for his transformation in Christ.

• The essential rite of Baptism consists in immersing the candidate in water or pouring water on his or her head, while pronouncing the invocation of the Most Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

• Those who die for the faith, those who are catechumens, and all those who, without knowing of the Church but acting under the inspiration of grace, seek God sincerely and strive to fulfill God’s will, can be saved even if they have not been baptized.

• Since the earliest times, Baptism has been administered to children, for it is a grace and a gift of God that does not presuppose any human merit; children are baptized in the faith of the Church.