Catechism of the Catholic Church
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1243 The white garment symbolizes that the person baptized has "put on Christ," 42 has risen with Christ. The candle, lit from the Easter candle, signifies that Christ has enlightened the neophyte. In him the baptized are "the light of the world." 43 The newly baptized is now, in the only Son, a child of God entitled to say the prayer of the children of God: "Our Father."
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PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY |
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SECTION TWO: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH |
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CHAPTER ONE: THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION |
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ARTICLE 1: THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM |
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III. HOW IS THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM CELEBRATED? |
Notes for the above paragraph:
42 Gal 3:27.43 Mt 5:14; cf. Phil 2:15.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.
