II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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In his Passover Christ opened to all men the fountain of Baptism. He had
already spoken of his Passion, which he was about to suffer in Jerusalem, as a
“Baptism” with which he had to be baptized.²² The blood and
water that flowed from the pierced side of the crucified Jesus are types of
Baptism and the Eucharist, the sacraments of new life.²³ From then on,
it is possible “to be born of water and the Spirit”²⁴ in
order to enter the Kingdom of God.

PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
  - Article 1 THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
    - II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation

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