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  • Essay / Catholic Baptism - 1603

    Religion has existed in society for years, there are different types of religions: Seventh-day Adventist, Baptist, Buddhist, Jehovah's Witness, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and many others. Those that are well known and have been around for many centuries are Catholicism and Protestantism. They have been there since Roman times. Catholicism existed before Protestantism. In world history, the two religions are fundamentally the same. It's just a little different between them. For example, their rituals, ceremonies, and especially their baptism. Baptism, also called the Sacrament, is the basis of the entire Christian life. Another way to call it, “The washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit” [Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition]. To baptize means to “plunge” or “immerse” oneself in water, symbolizing the burial of the catechumen in the death of Christ from which he rises by resurrection with him as a “new creature”. “Baptism is the most beautiful and magnificent gift of God,……. We call it gift, grace, anointing, illumination, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal and most precious gift. It is called Gift because it is conferred on those who bring nothing of their own; Grace since it is given even to the guilty, Baptism because sin is buried in the anointing of water because it is priestly and royal. as are those who are anointed because it radiates light, the Garment since it veils our shame, Bath because it washes, and Seal because it is our guard and the sign of the Lordship of God [Saint Gregory. de Nazianzus, Oratio 40, 3-4 PG 36, 361C.][Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition].The baptisms are similar in Catholicism and Protestantism, but Catholics must go through several steps to be officially baptized : baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, holy orders and marriage. the stages and all the important moments of Catholic/Christian life. There is therefore a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of spiritual life. The sacraments of Catholic initiation, baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist lay the foundations of all Catholic life. The faithful are born again through baptism strengthened by the sacrament of confirmation and receive in the Eucharist the nourishment of eternal life. Penance or (reconciliation) and anointing of the sick are sacraments of healing. Jesus forgave sin and healed the sick; its name, the Church continues these ministries to the people and the world.