Catechism of the Catholic Church
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1219 The Church has seen in Noah's ark a prefiguring of salvation by Baptism, for by it "a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water": 14
The waters of the great flood
you made a sign of the waters of Baptism,
that make an end of sin and a new beginning of goodness. 15
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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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II. BAPTISM IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION |
Notes for the above paragraph:
14 I Pet 3:20.15 Roman Missal, Easter Vigil 42: Blessing of Water.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.
