False doctrine is poison to the soul, and multitudes of people have been condemned for eternity after embracing lethal false ...

To mark Easter weekend, Le Monde traces the history of this symbol-laden ritual.

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...

Since, through baptism, each of us is initiated into the life of the one God, Father, Son and Spirit, doesn’t that make us brothers and sisters to one another? That relationship makes each of us ...

John the Baptist brushes away the controversy. It doesn’t matter how much water is used, now that Jesus brings baptism in the Spirit (as Jesus himself told the reluctant Jewish believer ...

To address these issues on baptism, we need to begin with the words ... unless one is born of water and the Spirit (i.e. baptized), he cannot enter the kingdom of God." [John 3:5; RSV] In Mark's ...

The baptism of New Testament times was obviously ... who can positively deny that even here the Holy Spirit may be at work? For St. Paul taught that calling Jesus “Lord” was evidence of ...

Thus the Son of God as Messiah is linked with the age of the Spirit which he inaugurates. In the account of Jesus’ baptism (1:10, 11), this connection between Sonship and the Spirit is even more ...

Baptism, administered with water and the words "I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit," erases this sin and allows the person to begin a new life in God's grace.

North Shelby Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., celebrated six baptisms last year on Baptism Sunday, the annual Southern ...