Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments. Votes: 3
Thomas AquinasGod's people should be baptized because God commanded it, not because some church requires it. Votes: 3
John R. RiceI am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own. Votes: 3
Arthur RimbaudThe saving ordinance of baptism must be administered by one who has proper authority from God. Votes: 1
David A. BednarWe are called to live our baptism every day, as new creatures, clothed in Christ. Votes: 0
Pope FrancisTo deny that in a child after baptism sin remains is to treat with contempt both Paul and Christ. Votes: 0
Pope Leo XThen he gave her a kiss on the forehead that felt like a baptism and she wept like a baby. Votes: 0
Zadie SmithBut by virtue of our baptism, Peter Akinola and I are brothers in Christ and one day we are going to be in heaven together, so we might as well learn to get along here because we will have to get along there. God won't have it any other way. Votes: 2 Gene Robinson
In all religions, the quickening spirit has been symbolically represented as a bird. At the baptism, when Jesus' body was in the water, the Spirit of Christ descended into it as a dove. Votes: 1 Max Heindel
We should naturally expect that the baptism of infants, if enjoined at all, would have been enjoined in the law which instituted the ordinance of Christian baptism. But this law is silent on the subject of infants. Votes: 3 Adoniram Judson
We should naturally expect that the baptism of infants, if enjoined at all, would have been enjoined in the law which instituted the ordinance of Christian baptism. But this law is silent on the subject of infants. Votes: 1 Adoniram Judson
When Paul was exhorted to be baptized and to wash away his sins, there was an evident allusion to the use of water in the ordinance of baptism, and had there been no application of water on which to ground such an allusion, we may be certain that we should never have heard of washing away sins in baptism. Votes: 1 Adoniram Judson