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How about a little about the Faith ... taken from James Cardinal Gibbon's The Faith of our Fathers.
The Lord Jesus Christ puts the two concepts together - as they should be - and says one must be born from above by water and the Spirit to enter the kingdom of God. That is a truth to which we all can assent because he spoke it and its truth is undoubted because it passed his lips.
Jesus...
I do not mind if you do; my post is to testify about the truth and, God permitting, help those who read to find it. But if what I wrote doesn't convince you then that is something that can be discussed and God willing, a better way to explain will be found.
Yes, baptism is a part (at the heart) of it. The Lord Jesus Christ put it this way:
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. (Mark 16:15-16 KJV)
Since...
I've been washed in water but not in a set of words; however the passage says "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious...
It's interesting that your posts' departure from the OP question and insufficient definition of the new question is enough for the follow up 'answer' to decry that state of knowledge of Catholics in general. But I guess that happens sometimes, folk get into a vocabulary of their own or of their...
The Original post asked ...
I gave an answer for that. Now you want to know what happens in regeneration?
James Cardinal Gibbons wrote, over a hundred years ago, that
The grace of God is that supernatural assistance which He imparts to us, through the merits of Jesus Christ, for our...
Friday, 17th July 2015
Morning
Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Jonah 4:2
I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy...
It would not be easy for a Catholic to think that drinking wine was immoral because our communion includes wine - not un-fermented grape juice - so we tend to see wine as part of life rather than as a threat to it.