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Can you also name and explain the four aspects
of a faith community filled with the Holy Spirit?
Mel Jul Paul
{ What are
the effects of Baptism and four aspects
of a faith community filled with the Holy Spirit? }
Mike replied:
Hi, Mel —
You said:
What are the five effects of Baptism?
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) lists six:
1. the Remission Of Sin
2. the Remission Of All Punishment Due To Sin
3. the Grace Of Regeneration
4. the Infused Virtues And Incorporation With Christ
5. the Character Of A Christian, and
6. the Opening of the Gates Of Heaven
The 1917 version of the Catholic Encyclopedia lists five:
1. the remission of all sin, original and actual
2. the remission of temporal punishment
3. the infusion of supernatural grace, gifts, and virtues
4. the conferral of the right to special graces, and
5. the impression of a character on the soul
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (On-line) (On Amazon) states:
1262 The different effects of Baptism are signified by the perceptible elements of the sacramental rite. Immersion in water symbolizes not only death and purification, but also regeneration and renewal. Thus the two principal effects are purification from sins and new birth in the Holy Spirit. (cf. Acts 2:38; John 3:5)
Based on the Church's Tradition then, there are principally two effects of Baptism, but totally, either
five or six.
You said:
Can you also name and explain the four aspects of a faith community filled with the Holy Spirit?
"If
immediately [after Baptism] there follows the departure from this life,
there will be absolutely nothing that a man must answer for [quod obnoxium
hominem teneat], for he will have been freed from everything that
bound him."
