Yes indeed! I just came across one yesterday, on an otherwise sound teacher's resource site that includes lessons on different religions. By "sound," I mean it presents accurate teachings without bias for or against any particular religion. In other words, it's not anti-Catholic. That's why I was surprised to see the lesson on the selling of indulgences refer to the pre-1960s method of measuring the indulgence as "decreasing time spent in Purgatory"!! I cringed.
@@BreakingInTheHabit Yes, it's a good thing! Most of what I've been told were from former Catholics who were not fully practicing or from people who believe that the Catholic Church is The Great And Abominable Church of the Devil mentioned in Latter-day Saint scripture. There's no currently canonized evidence of that, by the way. Neither groups of people are reliable sources. Catholicism in Focus has helped me let go of a lot of the prejudices I held. Catholicism is truly a beautiful faith! Thank you (and the UA-cam algorithm for introducing me to your channel) for your work.
@@carverredacted It just shows how true one of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's most famous quotes is.: "There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church - which is, of course, quite a different thing. " God bless you.
Paz y bien Hermano Casey, mi más sincera admiración por la gran labor que haces, hace tiempo que te sigo no hablo Ingles, solo entiendo algunas palabras, pero la magia de You Tube hace el resto, veo los subtitulos en Español, no es lo mismo pero lo mas parecido, creo que tus vídeos son muy interesantes, muy cuidados, y entretenidos el de tu Padre y tu Madre, o contestando las preguntas en las calle etc., esta es parte de la gran labor que hace la iglesia Católica sus sacerdotes diocesanos, sus religiosos en general y como no por su puesto la columna vertebral que son las Ordenes Religiosas. Un fuerte abrazo y animo. (si no tuvieramos a Casey tendriamos que inventarlo) muchas gracias desde España. Peace and good Brother Casey, my most sincere admiration for the great work you do, I have not spoken English for a long time, I only understand some words, but the magic of You Tube does the rest, I see the subtitles in Spanish, it is not same but the most similar, I think your videos are very interesting, very careful, and entertaining that of your Father and your Mother, or answering the questions in the streets etc., this is part of the great work that the Catholic Church does its diocesan priests, their religious in general and of course not the spine that are the Religious Orders. A big hug and encouragement. (If we did not have Casey we would have to invent it) Thank you very much from Spain.
Happy Easter Br. Dcn.(soon and very soon)Fr. Casey! Thank you for this amazing video. Thank God for baptism and hopefully all of us can practice daily our baptismal promises, bring the good news to those that don't know we have a Risen Lord!
My dear brother in Faith, Baptism... Water... Sins! Compromise for some, salvation for others. Your words are wise and helpful for many. How can we compare Baptism with our daily routines?! It's like been invited to a meal, they serve the most delicious salad, you have in front of you the dressings, if you use them they will add more flavour to it. But if not, you'll enjoy equally. God is pure love. He loves us. He wants us to be happy, it's up to people to add the dressings and spices to make life richer... Baptism is like that, don't u think so?! Dear Br. C. I hope you had a blessed and beautiful Easter, from UK God bless you.
It's an interesting perspective, but the case with baptism is different. If someone finds the Truth in the Catholic Church, they would seek the fullness of relationship with Christ, which is through sacraments, not live non-denominationally as an alternative option. You have an obligation to seek baptism of you believe the Catholic faith is true
It is very important and necessary it is a baptism of salvation and the person is under the mantle of sacred grace that marks the authority that he/she is entitle to heaven for all eternity meaning we are owned by our creator God almighty.🙏🙇🙏😁.
Thank you I’m grateful for your information is important for all humanity it brings an open eye about baptism & salvation praise God & God loves you & sending much blessings 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hello bro.casey, l'm a nurse, catholic, and I have once experienced to baptize a newborn baby which is about to die. My senior nurse told me that I should baptize the infant, so what I have done is mention the name of the baby and baptized him in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Did I really baptized the infant? Have I done something good or is it necessary to do this thing in my part?
Dear Paul, The Catechism teaches the following: "In case of necessity, anyone, even a non-baptized person, with the required intention, can baptize by using the Trinitarian baptismal formula. The intention required is to will to do what the Church does when she baptizes. The Church finds the reason for this possibility in the universal saving will of God and the necessity of Baptism for salvation." [1256] Given that the infant was unbaptised and given that they were about to die, it certainly seems that it was necessary to perform baptism. By using the proper form (in the Name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit), and by willing to help grant salvation to the child, you fulfilled the intent required. I am only a lay theologian so if I am wrong I hope someone will correct me. But I hope that this helps.
Paul Vincent Sanoy Obviously it is important to have some consent of the parents (we don’t go baptizing people against their will or without faith), but yes, anyone can baptize in the case of an emergency.
@@BreakingInTheHabit Yes, brother casey, I have ask permisson from the parent before performing this act. They haved agreed since they are catholics too.Thank you brother casey and Happy Easter.
The explanation makes sense. But Jesus says if one does not believe (and therefore not baptized), then he is condemned. "Whoever believes and is baptized, will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned" (Mk 16:16).
THANK YOU AND BLESSINGS FOR THIS VIDEO, I'M A 74YEAR LADY WHO WAS BAPTIZED AT 6WEEKS OLD IN A RC CHURCH. I HAVE ASKED MANY TO GIVE ME A WATER BAPTISM AND BEEN REFUSED BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE IN AREA, GO THE THERE CHURCHES. AS YOU KNOW RC DO A SPRINKLE OVER YOUR HEAD, AND OUR GOD FATHERS/MOTHERS AND PARENTS PROMISE TO PROTECT AND KEEP US AWAY FROM SIN. I HAVE WORRIED SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ISSUE OF NOT BEING BAPTIZED IN A WATER TANK. I TRULY BLESS AND THANK YOU. GOD BLESS ALWAYS. CYNTHIA
@Cynthia Bowkett -- Catholics do not baptize by sprinkling! We baptize by POURING water over the head. A lot of people call that "sprinkling," but that's the wrong word. To sprinkle is to get a little water on your fingers and splash it a little bit on something. We don't baptize that way. A Byzantine Catholic corrected me when I said "sprinkling," because that's what I had heard it called. He showed me that we don't baptize by sprinkling. We follow the Didache. Byzantine Catholics practice total immersion baptism, but my friend showed me that Latin Catholics ("RC" as you call us) have a valid baptism.
3:55 this part is an extremely important point of clarification especially for me. Something that’s been really disturbing to hear from certain Catholics is the idea that unbaptized infants or young children prior to the age of reason wouldn’t be allowed into heaven (from no fault of their own) and instead be forced to reside in hell or “limbo”, which comes off as quite repugnant to say the least.
Br Ben, excellent video. Would you please continue with this. Explain why, as catholic parents, we baptize our children when they are babies. Certainly they are not yet at the age of reason. Many non Catholics view this as worthless. Shalom.
Faith is always required for a sacrament, but as we see with the miracle of Jesus healing Jairus' daughter (Mark 5:38-43), the faith can be supplied by a parent on behalf of the child. We also see this in the Acts of the Apostles when entire families were baptized together. Adult baptism is the normative form of baptism, but it can be adapted for children.
But why do Catholics sprinkle and not immerse if the Greek word baptizo means "to immerse"? And why children and not only adults, since the Bible says "who believes and is baptized..." (Mark 16:16). Honest questions.
I enjoyed your video on baptism especially the tomb shaped font. Romans 6:2-6 showing that we are united to Jesus is a great use of language or we have been grafted to Jesus, The big thing that Protestants and Catholics are missing which is the essential part of baptism is believing in Jesus after repentance from the sins and the world. Only believers were baptized in every example in the book of acts. St. Peter gives us the keys to the kingdom in Acts 2:38. Repentance to Jesus from the sin life being baptized into Jesus and d being filled with the Holy Spirit. Always baptism happened immediately after believing and repentance and was always full immersion. Babies were never baptized. Only the blood of Jesus cleanses us from sin and we appropriate this sacrifice by calling on to rescue us from the kingdom of darkness and to bring us into Jesus kingdom of light and love Colossians 1:13. Call on Jesus directly right now and have Paradise Luke 23:34-44
In the early days of the Church, it appears that the sacrament of baptism necessitated being completely immersed in the water. The Greek noun baptisma literally means to dip or immerse. This is consistent with the symbolism of death, burial and Resurrection. In many Christian churches it is still done this way. When did the Roman Catholic church quit baptizing exclusively by immersion and what was the reason?
I recommend reading the didache, which is a early Christian document that states the ways we can baptize. For example, let’s say you are in a desert. Do you expect to be fully immersed in water? The Catholic Church still does fully immersion baptism, it’s an option.
While immersion was a popular practice, as Bao Duong suggests, as early as the the beginning of the 2nd century (110AD?) there were exceptions made and other forms allowed.
I'm a Seventh Day Adventist and I agree with what you said. But what about the way you baptize. We believe that one must go under water in order to be truely baptized, just as John put Jesus under water. Why do you sprinkle?
We allow both forms. If you look at the Didache, a 2nd century catechism (around 110AD) the Church allowed for the option of sprinkling when necessary. That's extremely early in the Church. If it was written down in 110, it was no doubt practiced for years before that. It may not be explicitly mentioned in Scripture, but it's a tradition that Christians have allowed since almost the very beginning.
Hi, Have a good day! I recently watched your video and it's very interesting about baptism. My question is: "Is it necessary to baptise as a second time or more?, consequently we received it when we were as child because there are other religions that invite you to baptise. I'd appreciate your answer or if you have a video explaining about that.
Hello, i am not a priest, but i have been taught The Church does now recognize the Baptism of most Christian churches, as it does marriages in those other churches. However, your local priest/pastor may ask you to go through the Baptismal Rite reciting the Baptismal vows as part of the RCIA program of your church before Communion. Please dont take this as an inconvience, as most parishes practice a group repetition of Baptismal vows during the Easter and/or Pentacostal seasons. If you were baptised in another church, and then just started going to a Catholic Church, you might want to check with your pastor. As a side note, most Christian churches will have you go through a baptismal ceremony when you join their local church, even if you have been baptized 40 times before. As to The Triune God, as long as you have put your whole Faith, Love, and Obiedience in The Word, Jesus. God doesn't mind how many times you have been baptised, so long as you have been indwelt by The Holy Spirit, which normally occurs at Baptism, but sometimes at the First Confession of Faith in Jesus. Hope this helps.
Thanks Brother Casey! I was just having an argument last sunday about the necessity of baptism with a Baptist friend of mine. She was saying baptism is only a public manifestation of faith, and therefore it is not necessary for salvation. Of course I was being defensive and said that it is necessary, but that God can make exceptions. Now I understand that she wasn’t actually wrong.
Well, she wasn't completely wrong. Remember what I said in the video: it is both a manifestation AND an actualization. For Catholics, the answer to most questions is often "both/and" rather than "either/or." What your baptist friend said is correct, but it does not capture the whole truth.
Technically speaking, the ordinary form of the sacrament is for adults. The rite for children is an adaptation of that, so, liturgically speaking, the Church prefers adult baptisms. That said, theologically, the Church prefers infant baptism because of the fear of dying before being baptized. It rose out of a time with high infant mortality rates and the fear was that the children wouldn’t go to Heaven.
I didn't say that the Church prefers adult baptism. Actually, I said the opposite: the Church prefers infant baptism. What I said is that the ordinary form of the sacrament is for adults. Look at the normative rite of baptism (as seen in the Easter vigil) and you will see that it is adapted for children, and not the other way around. The starting point for the sacrament is how it is celebrated for adults, and exceptions are made for children. But, as I said, the theological preference is still for children because of a fear of death without baptism.
@Vishal Singh - There is no baptism by fire. The baptism by the Holy Spirit fills you with the Spirit of God and His love. One of the major result is that it will break the shackles of sin, the bond that holds you tightly to sin. The attraction to sin is destroyed,.the infinite love of God is so good that it renders all sin tasteless and unattractive. But we mere mortals are just earthen vessels (2 Cor 4:7) so we leak the Holy Spirit and need to continuously infill the HS so that it overflows in us and bear fruits Gal 5 :22 for the glory of God.
@@VishalSingh-ww2ln Baptism is by water and the Holy Spirit. In Matt 3:11 - 15 - I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” The fire mentioned in Matt 3:11 is the purification process that we as disciples need to go through (just as gold which needs to be refined through fire. So we see in 1 Peter 1:7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. The fire will try every man's work in 1 Cor 3:13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. To summary the fire mentioned in Matt 3:11 is the trial that we will be put through so that once we hold fast to the faith and stand firm, we shall prove our worthiness to be Christ's disciples.
Hi brothers and sisters. I truly hope someone here can help. Im baptized as a kid around 6monts of age. Since then I unfortunately haven't been following my path and therefore not the word of God. Now is the time and I do my Bible study, dayli prayers and wow its just amazing. I wish to get baptized again and this time out of my own will coz I belive with all my heart. But I have a struggle finding out how its done in the right way? I wish to be fully submerged coz I belive that is the right way but here comes my issue. Some people I talk with say I would not receive the holy spirit if I get baptized in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the holy spirit. They belive it to be "only" in the name of the Lord Jesus christ. The reason is that God and the holy spirit is titles and Jesus is the Name and also referring to Acts 2:38 and Acts 19:1-5. Im afraid to baptized in a wrong way and disrespect our Father in heaven. Can anyone pleace explain the truth?? God bless u all🙏
What about invalid baptisms? Do we classify invalid baptisms by “baptism by desire”? I remember being “rebaptized” by a nondenominational Church. They didn’t use the Trinitarian formula, all they asked me was “do you accept Jesus as your lord and savior?”.
Casey I love the way you explain the topic, I've seen some videos in your channel and really got inspired, but there is something that you are leaving aside and not mentioning, you said "Simply entering the waters and saying a prayer doesn't produce faith or grace that isn't already there". Being humans we cannot see what happens backstage at the spiritual realm, the baby being baptized is getting rid of the original sin without even knowing it, those seemingly empty waters and prayers are transcendental in the invisible world, in countries where witchcraft is widely spread you can see babies and older kids going missing without explanation, it could appear as they were kidnapped but the deeper reason is that they weren't baptized, unbaptized souls are precious for witches and sorcerers, they can use there souls for evil purposes. I don't want to create any arguing I'm not a theologist i might have miss your point but I've seen this cases happening and its really concerning.
Interesting hypothesis🤔... but I haven't seen any direct ties to Baptism and Protection in the Bible. Baptism has always been linked to our union with Christ, it serves as an affirmation of belief on our path. Christ is the protection, Baptism without the active belief in Christ is pretty much a bath. So, we can't exclusively link protection and baptism to each other, nor to baptism of babies who don't have the capacity to affirm their belief
@@joszsz Christianity like Judaism before it, have NEVER been scripture alone religions. Much is passed down in tradition. Without tradition, Jews wouldn’t know when a feast was to begin as scripture never mentions it. Same way in the Church. The Apostles handed down things not written to us. See 2nd Thessalonians 2:15 for an example.
@@JoseReyes-zr5dk True, I can't argue against that... Not that I affirm any such revelation, but I have no reason to disbelieve it either (i.e. the notion of it serving as a seal, and it being a dedication to belief, at least in the mean time by proxy of the parents' guardianship)
Not anti Catholic, just raised protestant, I agree whole heartedly, same thinking from perspective from a non Catholic, Baptism is essential to salvation, but if something were to happen to a person before they are baptized, God looks at the heart, that said, if you accept Jesus get baptized asap, you never know what life has in store, PS I pray constantly for a healing and unity within Christendom as a whole , what protestants dont seem to understand is how the reformation has created 500 years of church divorce, Luther had some legitimate concerns, but I wish he had tried to work with the Vatican instead of creating a rift that broke Christs heart
You quoted Rom6:4 claiming this verse is referring to water baptism which I respectfully disagree. Paul is introducing a collection of teachings about what happens when a person trusts in Christ for his or her salvation. In the previous verse, he wrote that Christians have been baptized into Christ Jesus and into His death. This seems to mean that, through the Holy Spirit, a person who comes to faith in Christ experiences a spiritual baptism that takes us into Christ Himself (1 Corinthians 12:13). We become so closely identified with Him that God gives us credit for Christ's righteousness and accepts His death as payment for our sin. Paul has also said that on that spiritual level we were baptized into Christ's death on the cross. Now he writes that we were also buried with Him into death. Paul means to communicate that a real spiritual transaction took place when we were saved. On a spiritual level, we experienced death and burial with Christ. Then God gloriously raised us from that spiritual death just as He raised Christ from physical death. The Father did all of this so we would be able to walk in, to experience for the first time, spiritual life. For example in Acts16:31; If baptism were part of salvation, then Paul should have said, “Believe and be baptized and you will be saved.” But, he did not. You were refering to Joh3:5 "born of the water and the Spirit" it seems you are talking about water baptsim. If it is so then I disagree as in its context there is no mention of baptism. However, had Jesus actually wanted to say that one must be baptized to be saved, He clearly could have simply stated, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is baptized and born of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Further, if Jesus had made such a statement, He would have contradicted numerous other Bible passages that make it clear that salvation is by faith (John 3:16; John 3:36; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5). You quoted the great commission in Mat28 "teach all nations, baptizing them". this text doesn't convey that baptism is necessar for salvation though baptism is an important matter as it is a command from Jesus. Discipleship to Jesus involves at least the two things Jesus mentions in this command: baptism and obedience. The disciples are commanded to baptize new disciples in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The choice to be publicly baptized is evidence that someone has believed in Jesus and made the commitment to follow Him. The disciples were given the authority to baptize that person in the name of God, declaring that person's position in the eternal family of God. So this text doesn't teach that baptism is andatory for salvation. However, in normal circumstances believers in Christ should be baptized as it's a command from our Lord but to affirm that salvation is necessary for salvation, I must say no as it couldn't stand up to the scrutiny of Scripture. Thank you.
I was baptised as a baby by sprinkling. A time ago I joked about debaptism as going into water for swimming. I rejected Jesus and Christianity until a few Month ago. Do I have to be baptized again?
Came here to find answers to something else, but I think you've indirectly addressed it, and I agree with you (but you may disagree).... Here it goes: If baptism is a declaration made by the believer to show his submission to God and grafting into Christ, how does baptism work for babies? Babies aren't able to make such affirmations, so... shouldn't their baptism be based on waiting for the convenient time (when they've come to an understanding of the Gospel) for that declaration to be made? After all, their salvation isn't completely tied to that baptism, right?
I have often heard people say that you do not need water baptism because water baptism does absolutely nothing. All you need is Holy Spirit Baptism. These people also suggest that Jesus rebuked Peter for using water to Baptize. I am not sure, but I think that they use Acts 10 to justify their claim. At any rate, would not what they are doing fall under the heresy of Docetism since they are unspeakably against the use of water for Baptism and only insist on Holy Spirit Baptism? They also claim that all water Baptism does is get you wet.
But your baptism is not real. For you believe that you do NOT die to your old self, else you would stop sinning as Jesus, John, and Paul all warned people. "Dear children, I write this to you so that you do not sin." [1John 2:1] as an example. You are right that it is not a process. In fact, it is repentance. If you are repentant you will stop your sin. If you are not, you will not. If you do not, then you may ask forgiveness, though we are not guaranteed God will forgive us if we start sinning again, though He is not obligated to not forgive us either. But what good is your repentance if you do not stop? It is fake and you cannot make a fool of God.
Faith is always required for a sacrament, but as we see with the miracle of Jesus healing Jairus' daughter (Mark 5:38-43), the faith can be supplied by a parent on behalf of the child. We also see this in the Acts of the Apostles when entire families were baptized together. Adult baptism is the normative form of baptism, but it can be adapted for children.
Baptism for infants is about granting them entrance into the New Covenant and washing away original sin. In Acts 2:37-39 Saint Peter says that promise of baptism is for even children. >Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” Similarly in Psalm 51:5 King David writes how he was conceived in sin. All children are conceived a state of original sin (but not personal sin) - thus it is still necessary and beneficial to baptize even infants >Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.
Brother, I enjoy many of your videos but I have some concerns. You suggest that baptism symbolizes something that is "already there", but then how reconcile infant baptism (what's there exactly for the infant who has not yet developed cognizant faculties?). "Let them come to me" is specifically commanding us to baptize our children and baptism is the new circumcision. Maybe adding a discussion regarding infant baptism would have been prudent here. Also, I think the message here is a bit muddied. Baptism by water is part of the ordinary means of salvation, full stop. It is essential for salvation. You don't say it explicitly, but we cannot rely totally on the extraordinary means of salvation which is why the Church uses words like "may" and "hope". We must rely on the ordinary means by way of the sacraments. Recall that a sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace. To receive grace, you need the sign. It is through these sacraments that we can have surety in God's love and mercy. Beyond that, we have hope beyond reason. I know you use careful wording and provide some rationale as to why we should be baptized, but our faith goes beyond what we should or ought to do and what we must do. Jesus provides us the way by which we may be saved (baptism by water, receiving his physical body and blood via the eucharist, picking up our cross and following Him). If we are to claim we are his disciples and love Him, we must do as he instructed. Maybe my issue here is with your analogy. I don't think it conveys strongly enough the impetus for which we need to be baptized. Also, tread lightly around the "saved/justified by faith" stuff. Sounds too much like Luther. I think it is more accurate to say that we are justified by grace. We are justified by faith, but it is not our faith alone by which we are saved, as I'm sure you're aware. Again, enjoy your videos. Just hoping to provide constructive criticism.
badmoon908 - badmoon - very well said. And with a lot of diplomacy. Ha. I read your comments thrice . Im sure it it because Christ lives among us because of water baptism that allows one to be called Christians if baptized by spirit only or to be saved in special circumstances without baptism.
The post Vatican 2 Church seams to be a very poor version of Holy Mother Church,, even this very fine God Loving and God fearing young man seems poorly catholic or weakly protestant. Honest question; why would I revert back to being catholic from a Baptist church ( congregational, bible believing ) to a church that no longer believes in the sacraments , or holds them in any esteem . Where would I go, or why would I.
Well this is confusing ..... 😲 One side baptism is not necessary for God can choose who to save, and on the other side, baptism is necessary ... ... Question : If you have faith to God, aren't you automatically being baptized through God's divine light? In other words being bathe through God's divine???
@Peter Wong. Please refer to Carechism of the Catholic Church CCC 846 to 848 which is extracted below for your easy reference. In summary one needs to be baptised and be a Catholic to be saved - there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church. There are only 4 groups of unbaptised people who can go to heaven. 1. Those who through no fault of theirs, die without knowing Christ eg the indigenous people who may not have heard of Christ and the Good News. Refer CCC 846 2. Those who died without having the chance of baptism but desires to be baptised when they were alive. Baptism by Desire 3. Those who may not be baptised but died a martyr for Christ - Baptism by Blood. 4. Those whom God allowed into heaven though not baptised eg those who may have led a good life. But this route is very uncertain because we dont know what is in God's mind. So it's best to take the route prescribed in the bible and in accordance to Church teachings. Heaven is free from sin. Only the righteous and holy can be admitted. Baptised Catholics have the fullness of God's revelation deposited in the Catholic Church. They have the Sacrament of Reconciliation to cleanse their sins. There are the other sacraments by which God's graces are poured out on them. We have the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist and per John 6 :40 - 60, Jesus said He will raise up those who consume His body and Blood. This means that only those who take the Eucharist will have everlasting life. Catechism of the Catholic Church 846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the ChurchFathers?Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body: Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it. 847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church: Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieveeternal salvation.
@Peter Wong . If you have faith in God, you have to be baptised into Him. This is stated in the bible and Church teachings as there is no such thing as baptism through God's divine light. God gives us a free will. You need to accept and want to be a Catholic Christian. God will fill you with His Spirit on the day of baptism and make you His son. You will be able to consume the Eucharist so that the blood and flesh of Christ is in you. The unblemished lamb at the Passover meal the night before Exodus saves the first born in Egypt from biological death, across the Red Sea into the Promised Land. The Lamb of God Jesus, will save you from spiritual death, bringing you across the sea of sin into our promised land - heaven. That is why Jesus said those who eat my body and drink my blood, I will raise him up on the last day.
There cannot be such a thing as invincible ignorance in matters of faith because who can begin to understand why you believe what you believe? We can see that from the Apostles themselves for they never could understand most of what Jesus was telling them. And we have a good example in Judas who because of his unbelief was destined to perish even though he repented of his betrayal. Of course, God can save anyone He wishes - "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." (Ex 33:19) - but that is NOT the Gospel. To say those who have never heard the Gospel for no fault of their own can be saved (dying in Original Sin) is a stretch beyond what Scripture clearly teaches. Most people have not heard the Gospel because from generation to generation they would not allow it to be preached and thus, they HAVE HEARD the Gospel in rejecting it. Even in that sort of environment, there is no one who sincerely sought God and had not had a conversion to Christianity and some even been killed because of it. Justice of God cannot be understood philosophically. Baptism is a life and death issue. After all, the martyrs died for preaching the Gospel because there is no other way. >>>
The Catholic Church recognizes most baptisms in other Church communities as valid. If they baptize in the Trinitarian formula, it is most likely valid.
So where does one go if they never get baptized and had the opportunity to get baptized. But this person lived a life without doing wrong and beloved in Jesus, but just didn’t get baptized because they didn’t believe in the Church...where do they go? What happens to them? Also if you don’t receive the Eucharist but knew about, like a Protestant...where do you go? If Hell is a decision to be separated from God, how do we receive the consequences our sins gave us?
First of all, we always rest on the loving mercy of God and say that we do not know what God will do with any person because we do not know their circumstances and what is in their heart. That said, it is difficult to accept that someone loved Jesus but didn't believe in the Church. The Church was founded by Jesus and is the sacrament of salvation, a living emblem of Jesus (for he is its head, guiding it always.) We can say that they may not have had a good experience with bad members of the Church or that they never really knew what it was, but one cannot say they love Jesus and yet reject the Church. These are contradictory.
You respond exactly as I said in the first paragraph. You can encourage them to grow deeper in their life with God's Church, but ultimately we do not know what God will do.
YOU: But this person lived a life without doing wrong and beloved in Jesus, but just didn’t get baptized because they didn’t believe in the Church. ME: Everyone does wrong, nobody is completely perfect. Even if you only had one impure thought your whole life and no other sins, you would have done wrong. The bottom line is that the judgement of the individual person is left up to God, not us. There are many things that only God knows about the heart of the person, and what we see on the outside is not always what is going on inside a person.
Isn't our desire (or our parent's on the case of an infant) and the Presence of the Priest in Persona Christy make this act "A Sacrament"? Therefore important and necessary?
no no Yes of course. God had a covenant with people before Jesus’ time that required animal sacrifices and all that. That’s how people had a relationship with God. But an animal sacrifice was temporary which is why they had to do it all the time to atone for their sins. Then Jesus came as a sacrificial lamb. He gave up his life to save us, and thus did away with the old covenant. Animal sacrifices and all that stuff was no longer necessary because Jesus’ sacrifice was the ultimate atonement. This is why we have the old and New Testament. Old Testament = old covenant with God, and setting the scene for the messiah. New Testament = new covenant (believe in Jesus Christ), and Jesus fulfilling what was foretold in the Old Testament. Hope this makes sense 😊
If your doctrine is correct concerning the method of salvation - that baptism is not the method of conversion, and that all you need to do is believe to be saved - then those that believe that baptism is necessary for salvation meet the requirements of your doctrine and they are saved! These people are not in jeopardy. However, if they are correct - and baptism is the method of conversion and necessary for salvation - then all those that have taught and believed otherwise will be eternally lost. Therefore, those that teach and believe that baptism is necessary for salvation are safe either way, whether their doctrine is true or not. Yet those that believe baptism is not necessary for salvation are completely dependent upon their interpretation of scripture and doctrine to be true, otherwise they will be damned. I dont know about you, but I would rather err on the side of caution! Matthew 7:21-23 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:" Matthew 7:13-14 "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there at: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
1 Verse John 3:3 Jesus own words John 3:5 reaffirms . It's in black and white , clear as crystal . Anything else is playing with fire John 3:7 Recaps John 3:3
To ask if one is saved without baptism is different than asking if a person is a Christian without Baptism. It irritates me that Christians are so willing to dilute their own faith for the purpose of including others. Ultimately, no one believes.
Ephesians 2:8-9. For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves. It is a gift of God not of works lest any man should boast. Baptism is a work and does not save you
Baptism IS NOT a work we do. It is an act of obedience to God, and it is not something YOU DO, but something DONE TO YOU. This is different than doing a work of merit.
Christ often requires an act of willing obedience (acceptance) when giving grace. Covering a blind man's eyes with mud and instructing him to wash it for example. And, the many times when Christ instructs people to do something in order to receive healing or some miracle (like filling jars with water at the wedding of cana). Baptism is a command from Christ Himself, and if we obey, we will be accepting the grace He wants to give us. Just as the blind man regained his sight through obedience, and the water was turned to wine at Cana through obedience (Mary told them 'do everything He tells you), so we too are given new life in our soul through the ritual of baptism. Through obedience, we accept God's grace 😁🙏💖 Also, Faith + repentance...don't want to leave those out of the equation, lol God also accepts the will (intention of a person) for the ritual act of baptism with water + spirit. That's recognized in the baptisms of blood and desire. The promised grace is attached to the ritual, but not confined by it.
Speaking of love in terms of feelings is rather disingenuous. As the eminent bishop eloquently th reminds us time and again that the act of loving wills the good of the other . I doubt Christ has warm " feelings" for any if us, but he does love us.
7:02 Does this mean that baptizing babies is pointless because they don't actually know what's going on? There's no faith in babies, they don't know what that is. Therefore isn't it just splashing water on them? Have they not really been baptized? It seems to me like it would make more sense if we got baptized when we're old enough to understand these things.
Good points, however, you missed bringing up the ordinance of baptism for the dead. I suppose that your church does not practice it. I like it as it allows accountable people who did not get a chance to be baptized to receive it.
If you read the rest of the verses you'll see Jesus tell Nicodemus "are you not a teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things!?" Welllll....being submerged in water wasnt in the OT so he wouldn't know of a water baptism.... Nicodemus wouldn't comprehend that. What he should know is in the OT water was a significance of being cleansed. So cleansing of the old self and a creation of the new....is really what it means. Its in Jeremiah and Ezekiel the metaphor of being cleansed where God says 'i will sprinkle water on you" aka i will cleanse you. So bottom line Does water baptism save you?! - no As a Christian fully alive on this earth should you want to be baptized?! - Yes. Do you need to be baptized of the Spirit to go to heaven?! - Absolutely! That's born from above. God does that. Without being a new creation you will not inherit the kingdom of God. That's why Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the wind going wherever it pleases you don't control it, no one knows where it comes from or where it goes, so is everyone born of the Spirit. Sovereignty!!
Can someone help me with this question I'm a bit confused I want to become Catholic and I've already been baptized in an Anglican church so what else do I need to do (I know it's probably a lot I still have lots to learn)
If you're baptised in another church/tradition and your baptism is valid (that is using water "in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit"), you will not be baptised again. Instead, you will be formally received into the Catholic Church and then be confirmed. Anglican baptisms are generally considered valid, so you could approach your local Catholic parish and inquire about the initiation process there (it may be callled RCIA, cathecumenate, etc.)
It is only heretical if your understanding of grace is that of a substance that can be quantified and divided up into different categories, and if your goal is to collect as much as you can. In this way, then, yes, there is a new experience of grace in the waters of baptism... in a sense. But if your understand of grace is that grace is God's very self, a participation in the life of God, then there is no problem: the same grace that caused us to want to be baptized is the grace that we receive in baptism itself. What was alive in us already has grown to a new fullness in the waters, not changed into something else.
@@BreakingInTheHabit Fr, (you're a priest now, right?), I don't mean to be confrontational - I am blunt naturally, and the impersonal character of online comments just makes it worse lol. However, I would like to respectfully disagree that grace can be divided. In fact, St. Thomas identifies several distinctions among graces, the most obvious would be actual vs sanctifying grace. While it could be asserted that there is grace at work to bring someone to the sacrament of Baptism in the first place, it is not to be contested that Baptism confers sanctifying grace, "ex opere." Besides, in the case of infant baptism, there cannot be the rational Love of God in the child that grace builds upon. The infant has not yet attained reason, but still is able to receive sanctifying grace. The purpose of baptism, and hence its necessity, is to justify the soul by means of sanctifying grace, without which no one is saved. Were this grace to be present before baptism, as one might conclude from the video, baptism would not be necessary because sanctifying grace would already be there.
Baptism not necessary? So the voice in the wilderness was wrong and Jesus shouldn’t have participated? It wasn’t needed? This one needs to be redone for all the Catholics who are baptized. Our parents did something wrong.
@@Stefan-X24 Think of it like a steward, who can make statements in the master's or king's name, which carry the authority of that master or king. For instance, if the king is away, the steward who holds the keys to the kingdom can speak for the king. But as Isaiah shows, the king has recourse if the steward abuses this authority. The way you phrased your question makes the steward the king. That was never the purpose of binding and loosing.
@@Stefan-X24 Here, let me help you out. I've linked the Catechism of the Catholic Church. If you're going to protest the Church, you ought to at least know what you are protesting. www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM
Only the Catholic Baptism is the real Baptism. For exemple if you are protestant and convert to catholicism when you baptized in the Church ALL your sins are gone
Technically, no. The Catholic Church recognizes the validity of other Church's baptisms (as long as they are done in the Trinitarian formula). This is why people entering the Catholic Church from other faiths don't need to be re-baptized.
False teaching has filled so many people’s minds with false hope and truth needs to be shared if we really love one another . Something I am hearing and I’m sure you have too, “You don’t need to be baptized to go to heaven” THIS IS FALSE. Just because you believe does not mean you’re going to be saved. Demons believe too James 2:19. Jesus said on that day, many will say did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then Jesus will say to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ Matt.7:22 Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17. No man comes to God, except through Jesus. John14:6. Please If you have a voice of influence make sure it is in truth. ✅BAPTISM IS REQUIRED ✅ 1Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin. Hebrews 9:22 Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness 2 Timothy 2:11 If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him Jesus died on the cross to pay the price for our sins. OUR SIN CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN UNLESS we have died with Christ and are buried with him. John 3:5 Unless one is born of WATER and the spirit he CANNOT enter into the kingdom of God. 1 Peter 3: 20 God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through WATER. BAPTISM , which corresponds to this, now SAVES you. Just as Noah and his family were saved from corruption by the water, we also are saved from corruption by water. So when does God view you as United with Christ in His death? Buried with Him in death? Romans 6:3 Do you not know that all of us who have been BAPTIZED into Christ Jesus have been BAPTIZED into His death? Vs 4 We have been buried with Him through BAPTISM into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 2 Corinthians 5:17 if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature. Acts 2:37-38 Now when they heard this they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. Brethren what shall we do? Peter said to them Repent and each one of you be BAPTIZED FOR THE REMISSION OF YOUR SINS; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28: 19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, BAPTIZING them in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Baptism is your obedience, and the working of God. Col. 2:11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in BAPTISM , in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful WORKING OF GOD, If this doesn’t convince you that baptism is necessary, then maybe the words directly from Jesus will make it clear. Mark 16:16 Jesus said He who believes AND is BAPTIZED will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. Jesus gave us a warning ⚠️ ⚠️ Matt. 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Please listen to the master not the wolves.
@@BreakingInTheHabit They are without actual sin of their own, but they still have Original Sin without baptism. But I agree with you that we commend them to God's mercy. The farther back you go in history, the higher the infant mortality rates, so undoubtedly there have been millions and millions of infants and very young children who were never baptized. John 3:5 says, "nobody can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit," so if we take the words of Jesus at face value with no exceptions, then unbaptized infants and children would not enter the kingdom. But the most common belief among Christians is that these unbaptized young ones will be taken care of by God in some merciful way, but we cannot say definitely "how."
Actually Sacred Scripture includes examples of Catholic baptism. St. Peter's baptism of Cornelius and his household, for instance. Now if you are talking about method, please remember Sacred Scripture, as noted in Sacred Scripture, doesn't tell us everything that happened in Jesus' time on earth. The apostles knew Jesus better than we can just from the books of the New Covenant. If you doubt that is true, how long would you say it would take you to read the entire New Testament? Probably less than the years these apostles lived with Jesus. After the Ascension, the apostles spread the Church, taking on new students. St. Ignatius of Antioch was a student of St. John's and became third bishop of Antioch, for instance. As the Church grew, there was a recognized need for instruction and standardization. There is a first century (some have argued early second century) document, called the Didache, which many consider the Church's first catechism. It speaks of multiple baptism methodologies.
@@Stefan-X24 Could be. As per the Didache, having to find outdoor running (or 'living') water would be a tough trick given the numbers of people baptized, so pouring water three times is acceptable.
@@paulmiller3469 2 things come to mind. 1 - why does it gave to be running water? 2 - why sprinkle 3 times? My point is that the biblical example is total immersion in water symbolizing the death of the old me, being totally covered by Christ and birth of new me.
Oh brother again you missed the mark in error. The Sacrament of Baptism is a Baptism by water being reborn as a new creature they are initiated into the Church as a Christian a disciple of Christ. Than there is the Baptism by blood and the desire of Baptism for the Unbaptized (Non-christian) but since they are Baptized they would be disciples of Christ in the afterlife a Christian.
You have to be a Christian to enter into the Kingdom of God, not a Jew, not a Muslim, not a Buddhist, not a Hindu. Purgatory also serves as a means of learning of the faith for those who are otherwise ignorant of Christ, His Gospel and His Church.
Peter taught that one must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Catholics do not even get that right. Paul never baptized in any other way than in the name of Jesus Christ. No obedience, no salvation.
and Jesus told the disciples to baptise in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit also, Acts 8: 15-16 shows that baptism in the name of Jesus Christ is not enough
@@GuitarBloodlines False. No one was ever baptized in any other way than in the name of Jesus Christ in The New Testament. The concept of a trinity is catholic apostasy. There is no name in a title. Father,son and Holy ghost are all the titles of Jesus. There is salvation in no other Name.
@@GuitarBloodlines Matthew uses singular for name. There is only one name and one person, Jesus. No real bible talks about a trinity. It was invented by catholics after 300 AD. Which bible are you quoting ?
Anyone who is not baptized should pray the holy rosary of Virgin Saint Mary everyday, they will have all the sacraments before going to Heaven Alleilua
"Salvation comes through faith and not through good works". Why did you then tried to kill Luther? And when are you going to tell the millions in Latin America?
It would be nice to hear you talk about real life and real life issues rather than just talking about religious theories and academia or differences between monks and friars and all that kind of thing.
‘Unless we die with Christ, we cannot hope to rise with Him.’ That’s deep. ☝🏽
You Can thank St. Paul for that.
Amen..
You should make a video about purgatory and indulgences, I feel like there’s a lot of misconceptions about that.
Yes please.
Yes indeed! I just came across one yesterday, on an otherwise sound teacher's resource site that includes lessons on different religions. By "sound," I mean it presents accurate teachings without bias for or against any particular religion. In other words, it's not anti-Catholic. That's why I was surprised to see the lesson on the selling of indulgences refer to the pre-1960s method of measuring the indulgence as "decreasing time spent in Purgatory"!! I cringed.
I Second this
Yes , make a video about purgatory and limbo
When a coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs.
Well, then, I'm starting to realise nearly everything people have told me about Catholism is a lie. Thanks Brother Casey.
Hopefully that's a good thing then!
This is why so many people hate the Catholic Faith....because of all the lies.
Marci HF Yes, lies told about Catholicism by others. Once people learn what we *actually* believe they see the beauty of it.
@@BreakingInTheHabit Yes, it's a good thing! Most of what I've been told were from former Catholics who were not fully practicing or from people who believe that the Catholic Church is The Great And Abominable Church of the Devil mentioned in Latter-day Saint scripture. There's no currently canonized evidence of that, by the way. Neither groups of people are reliable sources. Catholicism in Focus has helped me let go of a lot of the prejudices I held. Catholicism is truly a beautiful faith! Thank you (and the UA-cam algorithm for introducing me to your channel) for your work.
@@carverredacted It just shows how true one of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's most famous quotes is.:
"There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church - which is, of course, quite a different thing. "
God bless you.
Baptism is very important ❤️ It allows us to become children of God and ensures our salvation ❤️ God bless you 🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
Amen
Paz y bien Hermano Casey, mi más sincera admiración por la gran labor que haces, hace tiempo que te sigo no hablo Ingles, solo entiendo algunas palabras, pero la magia de You Tube hace el resto, veo los subtitulos en Español, no es lo mismo pero lo mas parecido, creo que tus vídeos son muy interesantes, muy cuidados, y entretenidos el de tu Padre y tu Madre, o contestando las preguntas en las calle etc., esta es parte de la gran labor que hace la iglesia Católica sus sacerdotes diocesanos, sus religiosos en general y como no por su puesto la columna vertebral que son las Ordenes Religiosas. Un fuerte abrazo y animo. (si no tuvieramos a Casey tendriamos que inventarlo) muchas gracias desde España.
Peace and good Brother Casey, my most sincere admiration for the great work you do, I have not spoken English for a long time, I only understand some words, but the magic of You Tube does the rest, I see the subtitles in Spanish, it is not same but the most similar, I think your videos are very interesting, very careful, and entertaining that of your Father and your Mother, or answering the questions in the streets etc., this is part of the great work that the Catholic Church does its diocesan priests, their religious in general and of course not the spine that are the Religious Orders. A big hug and encouragement. (If we did not have Casey we would have to invent it) Thank you very much from Spain.
Baptism absolutely makes present grace that wasn’t already there. Sacraments by their very nature affect what they signify.
He is who believes and is baptized will be saved, Alleilua
Happy Easter Br. Dcn.(soon and very soon)Fr. Casey! Thank you for this amazing video. Thank God for baptism and hopefully all of us can practice daily our baptismal promises, bring the good news to those that don't know we have a Risen Lord!
My dear brother in Faith, Baptism... Water... Sins! Compromise for some, salvation for others. Your words are wise and helpful for many. How can we compare Baptism with our daily routines?! It's like been invited to a meal, they serve the most delicious salad, you have in front of you the dressings, if you use them they will add more flavour to it. But if not, you'll enjoy equally. God is pure love. He loves us. He wants us to be happy, it's up to people to add the dressings and spices to make life richer... Baptism is like that, don't u think so?! Dear Br. C. I hope you had a blessed and beautiful Easter, from UK God bless you.
It's an interesting perspective, but the case with baptism is different. If someone finds the Truth in the Catholic Church, they would seek the fullness of relationship with Christ, which is through sacraments, not live non-denominationally as an alternative option. You have an obligation to seek baptism of you believe the Catholic faith is true
It is very important and necessary it is a baptism of salvation and the person is under the mantle of sacred grace that marks the authority that he/she is entitle to heaven for all eternity meaning we are owned by our creator God almighty.🙏🙇🙏😁.
If it was good enough for Jesus it’s good enough for me.
Thank you I’m grateful for your information is important for all humanity it brings an open eye about baptism & salvation praise God & God loves you & sending much blessings 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for this. This was very helpful.
Hello bro.casey, l'm a nurse, catholic, and I have once experienced to baptize a newborn baby which is about to die. My senior nurse told me that I should baptize the infant, so what I have done is mention the name of the baby and baptized him in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Did I really baptized the infant? Have I done something good or is it necessary to do this thing in my part?
Dear Paul,
The Catechism teaches the following: "In case of necessity, anyone, even a non-baptized person, with the required intention, can baptize by using the Trinitarian baptismal formula. The intention required is to will to do what the Church does when she baptizes. The Church finds the reason for this possibility in the universal saving will of God and the necessity of Baptism for salvation." [1256]
Given that the infant was unbaptised and given that they were about to die, it certainly seems that it was necessary to perform baptism. By using the proper form (in the Name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit), and by willing to help grant salvation to the child, you fulfilled the intent required.
I am only a lay theologian so if I am wrong I hope someone will correct me. But I hope that this helps.
Paul Vincent Sanoy Obviously it is important to have some consent of the parents (we don’t go baptizing people against their will or without faith), but yes, anyone can baptize in the case of an emergency.
@@SC-qp8xn Thank you very much sir for this info. May God continue to bless you. Happy Easter! Greetings from the Philippines.
@@BreakingInTheHabit Yes, brother casey, I have ask permisson from the parent before performing this act. They haved agreed since they are catholics too.Thank you brother casey and Happy Easter.
Breaking In The Habit
this action by a lay person changes the future of an innocent baby child ?
I needed to hear this, because I have children who need to return to religion & God!!!! Another great video, thank you very much Brother Casey.
You planning to baptize them ?
The explanation makes sense. But Jesus says if one does not believe (and therefore not baptized), then he is condemned. "Whoever believes and is baptized, will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned" (Mk 16:16).
THANK YOU AND BLESSINGS FOR THIS VIDEO, I'M A 74YEAR LADY WHO WAS BAPTIZED AT 6WEEKS OLD IN A RC CHURCH. I HAVE ASKED MANY TO GIVE ME A WATER BAPTISM AND BEEN REFUSED BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE IN AREA, GO THE THERE CHURCHES. AS YOU KNOW RC DO A SPRINKLE OVER YOUR HEAD, AND OUR GOD FATHERS/MOTHERS AND PARENTS PROMISE TO PROTECT AND KEEP US AWAY FROM SIN. I HAVE WORRIED SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ISSUE OF NOT BEING BAPTIZED IN A WATER TANK. I TRULY BLESS AND THANK YOU. GOD BLESS ALWAYS. CYNTHIA
@Cynthia Bowkett -- Catholics do not baptize by sprinkling! We baptize by POURING water over the head. A lot of people call that "sprinkling," but that's the wrong word. To sprinkle is to get a little water on your fingers and splash it a little bit on something. We don't baptize that way. A Byzantine Catholic corrected me when I said "sprinkling," because that's what I had heard it called. He showed me that we don't baptize by sprinkling. We follow the Didache. Byzantine Catholics practice total immersion baptism, but my friend showed me that Latin Catholics ("RC" as you call us) have a valid baptism.
3:55 this part is an extremely important point of clarification especially for me. Something that’s been really disturbing to hear from certain Catholics is the idea that unbaptized infants or young children prior to the age of reason wouldn’t be allowed into heaven (from no fault of their own) and instead be forced to reside in hell or “limbo”, which comes off as quite repugnant to say the least.
P.S the very first sacrament ever for Christian people to processed.👑🙇🙏👑😁
Br Ben, excellent video. Would you please continue with this. Explain why, as catholic parents, we baptize our children when they are babies. Certainly they are not yet at the age of reason. Many non Catholics view this as worthless. Shalom.
Faith is always required for a sacrament, but as we see with the miracle of Jesus healing Jairus' daughter (Mark 5:38-43), the faith can be supplied by a parent on behalf of the child. We also see this in the Acts of the Apostles when entire families were baptized together.
Adult baptism is the normative form of baptism, but it can be adapted for children.
Thanks Brother for the word of God
But why do Catholics sprinkle and not immerse if the Greek word baptizo means "to immerse"? And why children and not only adults, since the Bible says "who believes and is baptized..." (Mark 16:16). Honest questions.
I enjoyed your video on baptism especially the tomb shaped font. Romans 6:2-6 showing that we are united to Jesus is a great use of language or we have been grafted to Jesus, The big thing that Protestants and Catholics are missing which is the essential part of baptism is believing in Jesus after repentance from the sins and the world. Only believers were baptized in every example in the book of acts. St. Peter gives us the keys to the kingdom in Acts 2:38. Repentance to Jesus from the sin life being baptized into Jesus and d being filled with the Holy Spirit. Always baptism happened immediately after believing and repentance and was always full immersion. Babies were never baptized. Only the blood of Jesus cleanses us from sin and we appropriate this sacrifice by calling on to rescue us from the kingdom of darkness and to bring us into Jesus kingdom of light and love Colossians 1:13. Call on Jesus directly right now and have Paradise Luke 23:34-44
In the early days of the Church, it appears that the sacrament of baptism necessitated being completely immersed in the water. The Greek noun baptisma literally means to dip or immerse. This is consistent with the symbolism of death, burial and Resurrection. In many Christian churches it is still done this way. When did the Roman Catholic church quit baptizing exclusively by immersion and what was the reason?
I recommend reading the didache, which is a early Christian document that states the ways we can baptize. For example, let’s say you are in a desert. Do you expect to be fully immersed in water? The Catholic Church still does fully immersion baptism, it’s an option.
While immersion was a popular practice, as Bao Duong suggests, as early as the the beginning of the 2nd century (110AD?) there were exceptions made and other forms allowed.
Thank you so much for this informative video.
I'm a Seventh Day Adventist and I agree with what you said. But what about the way you baptize. We believe that one must go under water in order to be truely baptized, just as John put Jesus under water. Why do you sprinkle?
We allow both forms. If you look at the Didache, a 2nd century catechism (around 110AD) the Church allowed for the option of sprinkling when necessary. That's extremely early in the Church. If it was written down in 110, it was no doubt practiced for years before that. It may not be explicitly mentioned in Scripture, but it's a tradition that Christians have allowed since almost the very beginning.
Hi, Have a good day! I recently watched your video and it's very interesting about baptism. My question is: "Is it necessary to baptise as a second time or more?, consequently we received it when we were as child because there are other religions that invite you to baptise. I'd appreciate your answer or if you have a video explaining about that.
Hello, i am not a priest, but i have been taught The Church does now recognize the Baptism of most Christian churches, as it does marriages in those other churches. However, your local priest/pastor may ask you to go through the Baptismal Rite reciting the Baptismal vows as part of the RCIA program of your church before Communion. Please dont take this as an inconvience, as most parishes practice a group repetition of Baptismal vows during the Easter and/or Pentacostal seasons. If you were baptised in another church, and then just started going to a Catholic Church, you might want to check with your pastor. As a side note, most Christian churches will have you go through a baptismal ceremony when you join their local church, even if you have been baptized 40 times before. As to The Triune God, as long as you have put your whole Faith, Love, and Obiedience in The Word, Jesus. God doesn't mind how many times you have been baptised, so long as you have been indwelt by The Holy Spirit, which normally occurs at Baptism, but sometimes at the First Confession of Faith in Jesus. Hope this helps.
Thanks Brother Casey! I was just having an argument last sunday about the necessity of baptism with a Baptist friend of mine. She was saying baptism is only a public manifestation of faith, and therefore it is not necessary for salvation. Of course I was being defensive and said that it is necessary, but that God can make exceptions. Now I understand that she wasn’t actually wrong.
Well, she wasn't completely wrong. Remember what I said in the video: it is both a manifestation AND an actualization. For Catholics, the answer to most questions is often "both/and" rather than "either/or." What your baptist friend said is correct, but it does not capture the whole truth.
Breaking In The Habit amazing! I sent your video to her btw. Haha
Brother Casey, please could you explain the Church's reasons for preferring infant baptism over adult baptism?
Technically speaking, the ordinary form of the sacrament is for adults. The rite for children is an adaptation of that, so, liturgically speaking, the Church prefers adult baptisms. That said, theologically, the Church prefers infant baptism because of the fear of dying before being baptized. It rose out of a time with high infant mortality rates and the fear was that the children wouldn’t go to Heaven.
I didn't say that the Church prefers adult baptism. Actually, I said the opposite: the Church prefers infant baptism. What I said is that the ordinary form of the sacrament is for adults. Look at the normative rite of baptism (as seen in the Easter vigil) and you will see that it is adapted for children, and not the other way around. The starting point for the sacrament is how it is celebrated for adults, and exceptions are made for children. But, as I said, the theological preference is still for children because of a fear of death without baptism.
What about Mormons who get baptized for those who are already dead?
Hello .Brother Casey what about baptism by fire and baptism by spirit .Are they also essential?
What is their effect ?
@Vishal Singh - There is no baptism by fire. The baptism by the Holy Spirit fills you with the Spirit of God and His love. One of the major result is that it will break the shackles of sin, the bond that holds you tightly to sin. The attraction to sin is destroyed,.the infinite love of God is so good that it renders all sin tasteless and unattractive.
But we mere mortals are just earthen vessels (2 Cor 4:7) so we leak the Holy Spirit and need to continuously infill the HS so that it overflows in us and bear fruits Gal 5 :22 for the glory of God.
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Umm.. Then can you shed some light on matthew 3:11 What does fire mean there?
@@VishalSingh-ww2ln Baptism is by water and the Holy Spirit. In Matt 3:11 - 15 -
I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
The fire mentioned in Matt 3:11 is the purification process that we as disciples need to go through (just as gold which needs to be refined through fire. So we see in 1 Peter 1:7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
The fire will try every man's work in
1 Cor 3:13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
To summary the fire mentioned in Matt 3:11 is the trial that we will be put through so that once we hold fast to the faith and stand firm, we shall prove our worthiness to be Christ's disciples.
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Well .Thanks for sharing ur wisdom
@@VishalSingh-ww2ln Ha ! Ha ! No wisdom. I have to learn this from a few sources too. God bless🙏😁
What is meant by baptism with water and OIL?
Hi brothers and sisters. I truly hope someone here can help.
Im baptized as a kid around 6monts of age. Since then I unfortunately haven't been following my path and therefore not the word of God. Now is the time and I do my Bible study, dayli prayers and wow its just amazing. I wish to get baptized again and this time out of my own will coz I belive with all my heart. But I have a struggle finding out how its done in the right way? I wish to be fully submerged coz I belive that is the right way but here comes my issue. Some people I talk with say I would not receive the holy spirit if I get baptized in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the holy spirit. They belive it to be "only" in the name of the Lord Jesus christ. The reason is that God and the holy spirit is titles and Jesus is the Name and also referring to Acts 2:38 and Acts 19:1-5. Im afraid to baptized in a wrong way and disrespect our Father in heaven. Can anyone pleace explain the truth??
God bless u all🙏
Baptism is once for all. There is no repeating of the sacrament. Even if you didn't feel it or remember it, it still happened.
Father, can you please make a video about infant baptism and why Catholics practice it?
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What about invalid baptisms? Do we classify invalid baptisms by “baptism by desire”?
I remember being “rebaptized” by a nondenominational Church. They didn’t use the Trinitarian formula, all they asked me was “do you accept Jesus as your lord and savior?”.
If someone were to die before being baptized properly, then yes, that would be considered a baptism of desire.
Casey I love the way you explain the topic, I've seen some videos in your channel and really got inspired, but there is something that you are leaving aside and not mentioning, you said "Simply entering the waters and saying a prayer doesn't produce faith or grace that isn't already there". Being humans we cannot see what happens backstage at the spiritual realm, the baby being baptized is getting rid of the original sin without even knowing it, those seemingly empty waters and prayers are transcendental in the invisible world, in countries where witchcraft is widely spread you can see babies and older kids going missing without explanation, it could appear as they were kidnapped but the deeper reason is that they weren't baptized, unbaptized souls are precious for witches and sorcerers, they can use there souls for evil purposes. I don't want to create any arguing I'm not a theologist i might have miss your point but I've seen this cases happening and its really concerning.
Interesting hypothesis🤔... but I haven't seen any direct ties to Baptism and Protection in the Bible. Baptism has always been linked to our union with Christ, it serves as an affirmation of belief on our path. Christ is the protection, Baptism without the active belief in Christ is pretty much a bath. So, we can't exclusively link protection and baptism to each other, nor to baptism of babies who don't have the capacity to affirm their belief
Jo' Okk not everything is in the Bible, God still talks to us specially to Catholic Church his church.
@@joszsz Christianity like Judaism before it, have NEVER been scripture alone religions. Much is passed down in tradition. Without tradition, Jews wouldn’t know when a feast was to begin as scripture never mentions it. Same way in the Church. The Apostles handed down things not written to us. See 2nd Thessalonians 2:15 for an example.
@@JoseReyes-zr5dk True, I can't argue against that... Not that I affirm any such revelation, but I have no reason to disbelieve it either (i.e. the notion of it serving as a seal, and it being a dedication to belief, at least in the mean time by proxy of the parents' guardianship)
Not anti Catholic, just raised protestant, I agree whole heartedly, same thinking from perspective from a non Catholic, Baptism is essential to salvation, but if something were to happen to a person before they are baptized, God looks at the heart, that said, if you accept Jesus get baptized asap, you never know what life has in store, PS I pray constantly for a healing and unity within Christendom as a whole , what protestants dont seem to understand is how the reformation has created 500 years of church divorce, Luther had some legitimate concerns, but I wish he had tried to work with the Vatican instead of creating a rift that broke Christs heart
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You quoted Rom6:4 claiming this verse is referring to water baptism which I respectfully disagree.
Paul is introducing a collection of teachings about what happens when a person trusts in Christ for his or her salvation. In the previous verse, he wrote that Christians have been baptized into Christ Jesus and into His death. This seems to mean that, through the Holy Spirit, a person who comes to faith in Christ experiences a spiritual baptism that takes us into Christ Himself (1 Corinthians 12:13). We become so closely identified with Him that God gives us credit for Christ's righteousness and accepts His death as payment for our sin.
Paul has also said that on that spiritual level we were baptized into Christ's death on the cross. Now he writes that we were also buried with Him into death. Paul means to communicate that a real spiritual transaction took place when we were saved. On a spiritual level, we experienced death and burial with Christ. Then God gloriously raised us from that spiritual death just as He raised Christ from physical death. The Father did all of this so we would be able to walk in, to experience for the first time, spiritual life.
For example in Acts16:31; If baptism were part of salvation, then Paul should have said, “Believe and be baptized and you will be saved.” But, he did not.
You were refering to Joh3:5 "born of the water and the Spirit" it seems you are talking about water baptsim. If it is so then I disagree as in its context there is no mention of baptism. However, had Jesus actually wanted to say that one must be baptized to be saved, He clearly could have simply stated, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is baptized and born of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Further, if Jesus had made such a statement, He would have contradicted numerous other Bible passages that make it clear that salvation is by faith (John 3:16; John 3:36; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5).
You quoted the great commission in Mat28 "teach all nations, baptizing them". this text doesn't convey that baptism is necessar for salvation though baptism is an important matter as it is a command from Jesus. Discipleship to Jesus involves at least the two things Jesus mentions in this command: baptism and obedience. The disciples are commanded to baptize new disciples in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The choice to be publicly baptized is evidence that someone has believed in Jesus and made the commitment to follow Him. The disciples were given the authority to baptize that person in the name of God, declaring that person's position in the eternal family of God. So this text doesn't teach that baptism is andatory for salvation.
However, in normal circumstances believers in Christ should be baptized as it's a command from our Lord but to affirm that salvation is necessary for salvation, I must say no as it couldn't stand up to the scrutiny of Scripture. Thank you.
I was baptised as a baby by sprinkling. A time ago I joked about debaptism as going into water for swimming. I rejected Jesus and Christianity until a few Month ago. Do I have to be baptized again?
If you were baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, no.
Came here to find answers to something else, but I think you've indirectly addressed it, and I agree with you (but you may disagree)....
Here it goes: If baptism is a declaration made by the believer to show his submission to God and grafting into Christ, how does baptism work for babies? Babies aren't able to make such affirmations, so... shouldn't their baptism be based on waiting for the convenient time (when they've come to an understanding of the Gospel) for that declaration to be made? After all, their salvation isn't completely tied to that baptism, right?
I have often heard people say that you do not need water baptism because water baptism does absolutely nothing. All you need is Holy Spirit Baptism. These people also suggest that Jesus rebuked Peter for using water to Baptize. I am not sure, but I think that they use Acts 10 to justify their claim. At any rate, would not what they are doing fall under the heresy of Docetism since they are unspeakably against the use of water for Baptism and only insist on Holy Spirit Baptism? They also claim that all water Baptism does is get you wet.
Why do Catholics baptize very young children? There's no mention that children were baptized. Didn't Jesus get baptized during adulthood?
In scripture whole families including children were baptized. It goes back to the Apostolic era.
But your baptism is not real. For you believe that you do NOT die to your old self, else you would stop sinning as Jesus, John, and Paul all warned people. "Dear children, I write this to you so that you do not sin." [1John 2:1] as an example. You are right that it is not a process. In fact, it is repentance. If you are repentant you will stop your sin. If you are not, you will not. If you do not, then you may ask forgiveness, though we are not guaranteed God will forgive us if we start sinning again, though He is not obligated to not forgive us either. But what good is your repentance if you do not stop? It is fake and you cannot make a fool of God.
Baptism is necessary for us christians because this is the start of us being identified as the children of god.
I am glad I was baptized.
if baptism is a manifestation of our love on Jesus, please expound further about baptism on infants
Faith is always required for a sacrament, but as we see with the miracle of Jesus healing Jairus' daughter (Mark 5:38-43), the faith can be supplied by a parent on behalf of the child. We also see this in the Acts of the Apostles when entire families were baptized together.
Adult baptism is the normative form of baptism, but it can be adapted for children.
Baptism for infants is about granting them entrance into the New Covenant and washing away original sin. In Acts 2:37-39 Saint Peter says that promise of baptism is for even children.
>Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
Similarly in Psalm 51:5 King David writes how he was conceived in sin. All children are conceived a state of original sin (but not personal sin) - thus it is still necessary and beneficial to baptize even infants
>Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.
@@BreakingInTheHabit will you make a video about infant baptism in the future?
Brother, I enjoy many of your videos but I have some concerns.
You suggest that baptism symbolizes something that is "already there", but then how reconcile infant baptism (what's there exactly for the infant who has not yet developed cognizant faculties?). "Let them come to me" is specifically commanding us to baptize our children and baptism is the new circumcision. Maybe adding a discussion regarding infant baptism would have been prudent here.
Also, I think the message here is a bit muddied. Baptism by water is part of the ordinary means of salvation, full stop. It is essential for salvation. You don't say it explicitly, but we cannot rely totally on the extraordinary means of salvation which is why the Church uses words like "may" and "hope". We must rely on the ordinary means by way of the sacraments. Recall that a sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace. To receive grace, you need the sign. It is through these sacraments that we can have surety in God's love and mercy. Beyond that, we have hope beyond reason.
I know you use careful wording and provide some rationale as to why we should be baptized, but our faith goes beyond what we should or ought to do and what we must do. Jesus provides us the way by which we may be saved (baptism by water, receiving his physical body and blood via the eucharist, picking up our cross and following Him). If we are to claim we are his disciples and love Him, we must do as he instructed. Maybe my issue here is with your analogy. I don't think it conveys strongly enough the impetus for which we need to be baptized.
Also, tread lightly around the "saved/justified by faith" stuff. Sounds too much like Luther. I think it is more accurate to say that we are justified by grace. We are justified by faith, but it is not our faith alone by which we are saved, as I'm sure you're aware.
Again, enjoy your videos. Just hoping to provide constructive criticism.
badmoon908 - badmoon - very well said. And with a lot of diplomacy. Ha. I read your comments thrice . Im sure it it because Christ lives among us because of water baptism that allows one to be called Christians if baptized by spirit only or to be saved in special circumstances without baptism.
Yes I see we’re you are coming from, he who is baptized and believes will be saved! So I as well see it as a very important thing!
The post Vatican 2 Church seams to be a very poor version of Holy Mother Church,, even this very fine God Loving and God fearing young man seems poorly catholic or weakly protestant. Honest question; why would I revert back to being catholic from a Baptist church ( congregational, bible believing ) to a church that no longer believes in the sacraments , or holds them in any esteem . Where would I go, or why would I.
Well this is confusing ..... 😲 One side baptism is not necessary for God can choose who to save, and on the other side, baptism is necessary ... ...
Question : If you have faith to God, aren't you automatically being baptized through God's divine light? In other words being bathe through God's divine???
@Peter Wong. Please refer to Carechism of the Catholic Church CCC 846 to 848 which is extracted below for your easy reference.
In summary one needs to be baptised and be a Catholic to be saved - there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church. There are only 4 groups of unbaptised people who can go to heaven.
1. Those who through no fault of theirs, die without knowing Christ eg the indigenous people who may not have heard of Christ and the Good News. Refer CCC 846
2. Those who died without having the chance of baptism but desires to be baptised when they were alive. Baptism by Desire
3. Those who may not be baptised but died a martyr for Christ - Baptism by Blood.
4. Those whom God allowed into heaven though not baptised eg those who may have led a good life. But this route is very uncertain because we dont know what is in God's mind. So it's best to take the route prescribed in the bible and in accordance to Church teachings.
Heaven is free from sin. Only the righteous and holy can be admitted. Baptised Catholics have the fullness of God's revelation deposited in the Catholic Church. They have the Sacrament of Reconciliation to cleanse their sins. There are the other sacraments by which God's graces are poured out on them.
We have the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist and per John 6 :40 - 60, Jesus said He will raise up those who consume His body and Blood. This means that only those who take the Eucharist will have everlasting life.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the ChurchFathers?Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body:
Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the
necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through
Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it.
847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church:
Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieveeternal salvation.
@Peter Wong . If you have faith in God, you have to be baptised into Him. This is stated in the bible and Church teachings as there is no such thing as baptism through God's divine light.
God gives us a free will. You need to accept and want to be a Catholic Christian. God will fill you with His Spirit on the day of baptism and make you His son. You will be able to consume the Eucharist so that the blood and flesh of Christ is in you.
The unblemished lamb at the Passover meal the night before Exodus saves the first born in Egypt from biological death, across the Red Sea into the Promised Land. The Lamb of God Jesus, will save you from spiritual death, bringing you across the sea of sin into our promised land - heaven. That is why Jesus said those who eat my body and drink my blood, I will raise him up on the last day.
There cannot be such a thing as invincible ignorance in matters of faith because who can begin to understand why you believe what you believe? We can see that from the Apostles themselves for they never could understand most of what Jesus was telling them. And we have a good example in Judas who because of his unbelief was destined to perish even though he repented of his betrayal.
Of course, God can save anyone He wishes - "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." (Ex 33:19) - but that is NOT the Gospel. To say those who have never heard the Gospel for no fault of their own can be saved (dying in Original Sin) is a stretch beyond what Scripture clearly teaches. Most people have not heard the Gospel because from generation to generation they would not allow it to be preached and thus, they HAVE HEARD the Gospel in rejecting it. Even in that sort of environment, there is no one who sincerely sought God and had not had a conversion to Christianity and some even been killed because of it.
Justice of God cannot be understood philosophically. Baptism is a life and death issue. After all, the martyrs died for preaching the Gospel because there is no other way.
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Why does the catholic church not follow the bible ? Big doubt
Brother, but ist necessary to be baptized in catholicism? How about those who chose to be baptized on other christian denomination?
The Catholic Church recognizes most baptisms in other Church communities as valid. If they baptize in the Trinitarian formula, it is most likely valid.
So where does one go if they never get baptized and had the opportunity to get baptized. But this person lived a life without doing wrong and beloved in Jesus, but just didn’t get baptized because they didn’t believe in the Church...where do they go? What happens to them? Also if you don’t receive the Eucharist but knew about, like a Protestant...where do you go? If Hell is a decision to be separated from God, how do we receive the consequences our sins gave us?
First of all, we always rest on the loving mercy of God and say that we do not know what God will do with any person because we do not know their circumstances and what is in their heart.
That said, it is difficult to accept that someone loved Jesus but didn't believe in the Church. The Church was founded by Jesus and is the sacrament of salvation, a living emblem of Jesus (for he is its head, guiding it always.) We can say that they may not have had a good experience with bad members of the Church or that they never really knew what it was, but one cannot say they love Jesus and yet reject the Church. These are contradictory.
Breaking In The Habit how I am supposed to respond to someone who asks me: what if don’t receive the Eucharist? What happens to me?
You respond exactly as I said in the first paragraph. You can encourage them to grow deeper in their life with God's Church, but ultimately we do not know what God will do.
YOU: But this person lived a life without doing wrong and beloved in Jesus, but just didn’t get baptized because they didn’t believe in the Church.
ME: Everyone does wrong, nobody is completely perfect. Even if you only had one impure thought your whole life and no other sins, you would have done wrong.
The bottom line is that the judgement of the individual person is left up to God, not us. There are many things that only God knows about the heart of the person, and what we see on the outside is not always what is going on inside a person.
Isn't our desire (or our parent's on the case of an infant) and the Presence of the Priest in Persona Christy make this act "A Sacrament"? Therefore important and necessary?
What about all the millions of people who lived long before Christ? Does their soul have chance to be saved?
no no Yes of course. God had a covenant with people before Jesus’ time that required animal sacrifices and all that. That’s how people had a relationship with God. But an animal sacrifice was temporary which is why they had to do it all the time to atone for their sins. Then Jesus came as a sacrificial lamb. He gave up his life to save us, and thus did away with the old covenant. Animal sacrifices and all that stuff was no longer necessary because Jesus’ sacrifice was the ultimate atonement. This is why we have the old and New Testament. Old Testament = old covenant with God, and setting the scene for the messiah. New Testament = new covenant (believe in Jesus Christ), and Jesus fulfilling what was foretold in the Old Testament. Hope this makes sense 😊
If your doctrine is correct concerning the method of salvation - that baptism is not the method of conversion, and that all you need to do is believe to be saved - then those that believe that baptism is necessary for salvation meet the requirements of your doctrine and they are saved! These people are not in jeopardy.
However, if they are correct - and baptism is the method of conversion and necessary for salvation - then all those that have taught and believed otherwise will be eternally lost.
Therefore, those that teach and believe that baptism is necessary for salvation are safe either way, whether their doctrine is true or not.
Yet those that believe baptism is not necessary for salvation are completely dependent upon their interpretation of scripture and doctrine to be true, otherwise they will be damned.
I dont know about you, but I would rather err on the side of caution!
Matthew 7:21-23
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:"
Matthew 7:13-14
"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there at: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
1 Verse John 3:3 Jesus own words John 3:5 reaffirms . It's in black and white , clear as crystal . Anything else is playing with fire
John 3:7 Recaps John 3:3
To ask if one is saved without baptism is different than asking if a person is a Christian without Baptism. It irritates me that Christians are so willing to dilute their own faith for the purpose of including others. Ultimately, no one believes.
Ephesians 2:8-9. For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves. It is a gift of God not of works lest any man should boast. Baptism is a work and does not save you
Baptism IS NOT a work we do. It is an act of obedience to God, and it is not something YOU DO, but something DONE TO YOU. This is different than doing a work of merit.
Christ often requires an act of willing obedience (acceptance) when giving grace. Covering a blind man's eyes with mud and instructing him to wash it for example. And, the many times when Christ instructs people to do something in order to receive healing or some miracle (like filling jars with water at the wedding of cana).
Baptism is a command from Christ Himself, and if we obey, we will be accepting the grace He wants to give us. Just as the blind man regained his sight through obedience, and the water was turned to wine at Cana through obedience (Mary told them 'do everything He tells you), so we too are given new life in our soul through the ritual of baptism. Through obedience, we accept God's grace 😁🙏💖 Also, Faith + repentance...don't want to leave those out of the equation, lol
God also accepts the will (intention of a person) for the ritual act of baptism with water + spirit. That's recognized in the baptisms of blood and desire. The promised grace is attached to the ritual, but not confined by it.
Speaking of love in terms of feelings is rather disingenuous. As the eminent bishop eloquently th reminds us time and again that the act of loving wills the good of the other . I doubt Christ has warm " feelings" for any if us, but he does love us.
I’m sorry, I don’t think that you understood the analogy I was using.
@@BreakingInTheHabit Certainly. It seems i am hampered by distinctions in our cultures . Declarations of love in words are very constrained here .
7:02 Does this mean that baptizing babies is pointless because they don't actually know what's going on? There's no faith in babies, they don't know what that is. Therefore isn't it just splashing water on them? Have they not really been baptized? It seems to me like it would make more sense if we got baptized when we're old enough to understand these things.
There is no such original sin in the Old Testament. Why is it millions of generations later, we still have to pay for it? Silly.
Now, that you've watched this video, you have no excuse for not being baptised
Good points, however, you missed bringing up the ordinance of baptism for the dead. I suppose that your church does not practice it. I like it as it allows accountable people who did not get a chance to be baptized to receive it.
Where is that in the Bible?
@@jzak5723 1 Corinthians 15:29
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Paul mentions the practice being done by some, but it doesn't say whether he approved of it or not.
If you read the rest of the verses you'll see Jesus tell Nicodemus "are you not a teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things!?" Welllll....being submerged in water wasnt in the OT so he wouldn't know of a water baptism.... Nicodemus wouldn't comprehend that. What he should know is in the OT water was a significance of being cleansed. So cleansing of the old self and a creation of the new....is really what it means. Its in Jeremiah and Ezekiel the metaphor of being cleansed where God says 'i will sprinkle water on you" aka i will cleanse you.
So bottom line
Does water baptism save you?! - no
As a Christian fully alive on this earth should you want to be baptized?! - Yes.
Do you need to be baptized of the Spirit to go to heaven?! - Absolutely! That's born from above. God does that. Without being a new creation you will not inherit the kingdom of God.
That's why Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the wind going wherever it pleases you don't control it, no one knows where it comes from or where it goes, so is everyone born of the Spirit.
Sovereignty!!
Yes
Can someone help me with this question I'm a bit confused I want to become Catholic and I've already been baptized in an Anglican church so what else do I need to do (I know it's probably a lot I still have lots to learn)
Alexander Roberts as a Catholic
Your babtism is still a babtism your fine
If you're baptised in another church/tradition and your baptism is valid (that is using water "in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit"), you will not be baptised again. Instead, you will be formally received into the Catholic Church and then be confirmed. Anglican baptisms are generally considered valid, so you could approach your local Catholic parish and inquire about the initiation process there (it may be callled RCIA, cathecumenate, etc.)
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7:04 I think this is borderline heresy. Baptism by water brings about, ex opere, grace that wasn't there before, specifically sanctifying grace.
It is only heretical if your understanding of grace is that of a substance that can be quantified and divided up into different categories, and if your goal is to collect as much as you can. In this way, then, yes, there is a new experience of grace in the waters of baptism... in a sense.
But if your understand of grace is that grace is God's very self, a participation in the life of God, then there is no problem: the same grace that caused us to want to be baptized is the grace that we receive in baptism itself. What was alive in us already has grown to a new fullness in the waters, not changed into something else.
@@BreakingInTheHabit Fr, (you're a priest now, right?), I don't mean to be confrontational - I am blunt naturally, and the impersonal character of online comments just makes it worse lol.
However, I would like to respectfully disagree that grace can be divided. In fact, St. Thomas identifies several distinctions among graces, the most obvious would be actual vs sanctifying grace. While it could be asserted that there is grace at work to bring someone to the sacrament of Baptism in the first place, it is not to be contested that Baptism confers sanctifying grace, "ex opere." Besides, in the case of infant baptism, there cannot be the rational Love of God in the child that grace builds upon. The infant has not yet attained reason, but still is able to receive sanctifying grace.
The purpose of baptism, and hence its necessity, is to justify the soul by means of sanctifying grace, without which no one is saved. Were this grace to be present before baptism, as one might conclude from the video, baptism would not be necessary because sanctifying grace would already be there.
Baptism not necessary? So the voice in the wilderness was wrong and Jesus shouldn’t have participated?
It wasn’t needed? This one needs to be redone for all the Catholics who are baptized. Our parents did something wrong.
I'm sorry, I'm confused. Who said that baptism wasn't necessary?
Amen
He's like a character in Father Ted.
How exactly?
samuelbcn
the humor was lost on you
Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and He is more important anything and everything Alleilua
Isn't God Himself bound by what the pope say?
@@Stefan-X24 Think of it like a steward, who can make statements in the master's or king's name, which carry the authority of that master or king. For instance, if the king is away, the steward who holds the keys to the kingdom can speak for the king. But as Isaiah shows, the king has recourse if the steward abuses this authority. The way you phrased your question makes the steward the king. That was never the purpose of binding and loosing.
@@paulmiller3469
Hang on mate. The Catholic Church itself says that God almighty is bound by what the pope decides.
@@Stefan-X24 What's your source for that?
@@Stefan-X24 Here, let me help you out. I've linked the Catechism of the Catholic Church. If you're going to protest the Church, you ought to at least know what you are protesting.
www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM
jesus🥰
Only the Catholic Baptism is the real Baptism. For exemple if you are protestant and convert to catholicism when you baptized in the Church ALL your sins are gone
Technically, no. The Catholic Church recognizes the validity of other Church's baptisms (as long as they are done in the Trinitarian formula). This is why people entering the Catholic Church from other faiths don't need to be re-baptized.
False teaching has filled so many people’s minds with false hope and truth needs to be shared if we really love one another . Something I am hearing and I’m sure you have too,
“You don’t need to be baptized to go to heaven”
THIS IS FALSE.
Just because you believe does not mean you’re going to be saved. Demons believe too James 2:19.
Jesus said on that day, many will say did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then Jesus will say to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ Matt.7:22
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17.
No man comes to God, except through Jesus. John14:6.
Please If you have a voice of influence make sure it is in truth.
✅BAPTISM IS REQUIRED ✅
1Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin.
Hebrews 9:22 Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness
2 Timothy 2:11 If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him
Jesus died on the cross to pay the price for our sins. OUR SIN CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN UNLESS we have died with Christ and are buried with him.
John 3:5 Unless one is born of WATER and the spirit he CANNOT enter into the kingdom of God.
1 Peter 3: 20 God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through WATER. BAPTISM , which corresponds to this, now SAVES you.
Just as Noah and his family were saved from corruption by the water, we also are saved from corruption by water.
So when does God view you as United with Christ in His death? Buried with Him in death?
Romans 6:3 Do you not know that all of us who have been BAPTIZED into Christ Jesus have been BAPTIZED into His death? Vs 4 We have been buried with Him through BAPTISM into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
2 Corinthians 5:17 if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature.
Acts 2:37-38 Now when they heard this they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. Brethren what shall we do? Peter said to them Repent and each one of you be BAPTIZED FOR THE REMISSION OF YOUR SINS; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28: 19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, BAPTIZING them in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Baptism is your obedience, and the working of God. Col. 2:11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in BAPTISM , in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful WORKING OF GOD,
If this doesn’t convince you that baptism is necessary, then maybe the words directly from Jesus will make it clear.
Mark 16:16 Jesus said He who believes AND is BAPTIZED will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
Jesus gave us a warning ⚠️ ⚠️
Matt. 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
You will recognize them by their fruits. Please listen to the master not the wolves.
I have all the sacraments except extreme unctuous. That is next
how about children who die prior to baptism?
We believe in a loving and merciful God and so we commend them to God's mercy. They are without sin, and so we hope for their immediate return to God.
@@BreakingInTheHabit
They are without actual sin of their own, but they still have Original Sin without baptism. But I agree with you that we commend them to God's mercy. The farther back you go in history, the higher the infant mortality rates, so undoubtedly there have been millions and millions of infants and very young children who were never baptized. John 3:5 says, "nobody can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit," so if we take the words of Jesus at face value with no exceptions, then unbaptized infants and children would not enter the kingdom. But the most common belief among Christians is that these unbaptized young ones will be taken care of by God in some merciful way, but we cannot say definitely "how."
john mizak
oh dear
Since when do catholics bsptise according to the biblical example?
Actually Sacred Scripture includes examples of Catholic baptism. St. Peter's baptism of Cornelius and his household, for instance. Now if you are talking about method, please remember Sacred Scripture, as noted in Sacred Scripture, doesn't tell us everything that happened in Jesus' time on earth. The apostles knew Jesus better than we can just from the books of the New Covenant. If you doubt that is true, how long would you say it would take you to read the entire New Testament? Probably less than the years these apostles lived with Jesus. After the Ascension, the apostles spread the Church, taking on new students. St. Ignatius of Antioch was a student of St. John's and became third bishop of Antioch, for instance. As the Church grew, there was a recognized need for instruction and standardization. There is a first century (some have argued early second century) document, called the Didache, which many consider the Church's first catechism. It speaks of multiple baptism methodologies.
@@paulmiller3469
Actually the Catholic church says they sprinkle instead if immersion because if convenience.
@@Stefan-X24 Could be. As per the Didache, having to find outdoor running (or 'living') water would be a tough trick given the numbers of people baptized, so pouring water three times is acceptable.
@@paulmiller3469
2 things come to mind.
1 - why does it gave to be running water?
2 - why sprinkle 3 times?
My point is that the biblical example is total immersion in water symbolizing the death of the old me, being totally covered by Christ and birth of new me.
@@Stefan-X24 It doesn't have to be living water. You obviously didn't look up the Didache.
Oh brother again you missed the mark in error.
The Sacrament of Baptism is a Baptism by water being reborn as a new creature they are initiated into the Church as a Christian a disciple of Christ.
Than there is the Baptism by blood and the desire of Baptism for the Unbaptized (Non-christian) but since they are Baptized they would be disciples of Christ in the afterlife a Christian.
I don’t see what you’re saying, I’m sorry.
Of course you don't understand.
You have to be a Christian to enter into the Kingdom of God, not a Jew, not a Muslim, not a Buddhist, not a Hindu. Purgatory also serves as a means of learning of the faith for those who are otherwise ignorant of Christ, His Gospel and His Church.
The fire which saves you now.
Peter taught that one must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Catholics do not even get that right. Paul never baptized in any other way than in the name of Jesus Christ. No obedience, no salvation.
and Jesus told the disciples to baptise in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit
also, Acts 8: 15-16 shows that baptism in the name of Jesus Christ is not enough
@@GuitarBloodlines False. No one was ever baptized in any other way than in the name of Jesus Christ in The New Testament. The concept of a trinity is catholic apostasy. There is no name in a title. Father,son and Holy ghost are all the titles of Jesus. There is salvation in no other
Name.
@@francissweeney7318 Matthew 28:18-20
Acts 8:14-17
@@francissweeney7318 "father, Son, and Holy spirit are all titles of Jesus" no, that's straight up heresy
@@GuitarBloodlines Matthew uses singular for name. There is only one name and one person, Jesus. No real bible talks about a trinity. It was invented by catholics after 300 AD. Which bible are you quoting ?
What about the theif that was crucified alongside of Jesus? Enjoyed the video!
That’s baptism of desire.
@@BreakingInTheHabit Brother Casey you are very good, thanks!
Subtitled in Spanish please 😢😢
Please be patient. 11 of the videos are subtitled and I have someone working on additional videos.
It’s ultimately the Human Conscious that determines our relationship to God…
Anyone who is not baptized should pray the holy rosary of Virgin Saint Mary everyday, they will have all the sacraments before going to Heaven Alleilua
oh that's handy to have that option
"Salvation comes through faith and not through good works". Why did you then tried to kill Luther? And when are you going to tell the millions in Latin America?
It would be nice to hear you talk about real life and real life issues rather than just talking about religious theories and academia or differences between monks and friars and all that kind of thing.
:)
Any Christian who prays the Holy rosary of Saint Virgin Mary everyday will go to Heaven period.
Period in between they can slay there brethren and go to heaven... Sounds a bit off doesn't it?
That is not Catholic teaching, where did you get that from?
Salvation by works right?
Too bad that's not true.
No... Just.. No.