Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of life, no work upon earth, can attain.” All of God’s promises come together ...

1231 Where infant Baptism has become the form in which this sacrament is usually celebrated, it has become a single act encapsulating the preparatory stages of Christian initiation in a very ...

Even some consider the Catholic Church a cult for teaching on the necessity of baptism for salvation. On a similar issue, some object to infant baptism, claiming it to be invalid since an infant ...

The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2023, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and ...

Radical Reformers were also pejoratively called "anabaptists" (rebaptizers) because of their opposition to infant baptism and their belief that, if baptized in infancy, one should again be ...