Catechism of the Catholic Church
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1215 This sacrament is also called "the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit," for it signifies and actually brings about the birth of water and the Spirit without which no one "can enter the kingdom of God." 7
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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 |
Notes for the above paragraph:
7 Titus 3:5; Jn 3:5.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.