Location: The Sacraments > Baptism > Nature and Effects of Baptism
Q1: What is the sacrament of Baptism?
A1: Baptism is a sacrament by which we are born again to the grace of God, and become Christians.
Q2: What are the effects of the sacrament of Baptism?
A2: The sacrament of Baptism confers first sanctifying grace by which original sin is washed away, as well as all actual sin if any such exists; it remits all punishment due on account of such sins; it imprints the character of a Christian; it makes us children of God, members of the Church, and heirs to Paradise, and enables us to receive the other sacraments.
Q3: What is the matter of Baptism?
A3: The matter of Baptism is natural water which is poured on the head of the person to be baptised in such a quantity as to flow.
Q4: What is the form of Baptism?
A4: The form of Baptism is: ‘I baptise thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.’
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