Symbols of Baptism
Candle
Discuss one prefigurement of baptism in the Bible (Worksheet with table on it)
Variety of answers
Who is the minister for baptism?
Priest (or in emergency cases any baptized person)
Which office of Baptism is a bridge between God and man?
Priest
Which category of sacrament is baptism in?
Initation
Water
What are the three parts every sacrament has?
Matter, form, Minister
What is the matter for baptism?
Water
Which office of baptism is the one about ordering others and society toward God?
King
What are the words of the Trinitarian formula?
I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Symbol that the soul is now cleansed
White garment
Initiation, Healing, Service
What is the form for baptism?
Trinitarian formula
Which office of Jesus is about learning and speaking the truth?
Prophet
T or F: Baptism allows us to become original man.
False
Sign of the strength to resist evil
Oil of Salvation
Name the three offices of Christ
Priest, prophet, king
Name two effects of the sacrament of baptism
-Can have access to other sacraments
-Washes away original sin
-Become a part of God's family
Baptism leaves what kind of mark on the soul of the baptized person?
Indelible
List all of the sacraments.
Baptism, Confession, Eucharist, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick
Symbolizes our life being conformed to Jesus, sharing in His mission of priest, prophet, and king
Sacred chrism
What is the definition of a sacrament?
An efficacious sign of grace instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church through which divine life is dispensed.
Why should you only be baptized once?
The mark on the soul is indelible, so you are forever saved. You can't re-do something that is permanent.
What is the definition the CCC gives for baptism?
"the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit"
What are two reasons why Catholics baptize infants?
1) Greatest gift a parent can give, makes sense since parents give biological life 2) Bible says so (Acts it shows them going and baptizing infants)