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Day 171: The Necessity of Baptism

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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The Importance of Faith in Baptism

Baptism is the source of that new life in Christ from which the entire Christian life springs forth. The church does not know of any means other than baptism that assures entry into eternal be attitude. For catechumens who die before their baptism, their explicit desire to receive it together with repentance for their sins and charity assures them the salvation that they were not able to receive through the sacrament.

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