III. How is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?
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The white garment symbolizes that the person baptized has “put on
Christ,”42 has risen with Christ. the candle, lit from the Easter
candle, signifies that Christ has enlightened the neophyte. In him the baptized
are “the light of the world.”43
The newly baptized is now, in the only Son, a child of God entitled to say the
prayer of the children of God: “Our Father.”
- SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
- Article 1 THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
- III. How is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?
- Article 1 THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
- CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P3J.HTM
