True and false answers are grouped for easy print and study.
TRUE
4. Baptism, Christian 'circumcision' (Colossians 2:11,12), is appropriately performed soon after birth.
7. Dying for the faith prior to actual baptism is called baptism of blood.
9. Adults preparing for baptism in the early church who died before being baptized actually received a spiritual baptism of desire. - - - [Or of blood, if martyred]
10. Parents who unnecessarily delay baptism of children, which makes them part of the Church subject to its laws, are guilty of mortal sin.
11. Patron saints and godparents both serve as 'guardians' of the spritual welfare of one who is baptized.
FALSE
1. A baby is not born with original sin from Adam...it come with its first 'cry of anger.'
2. Baptism cleanses us from actual (but not original) sin, thus making us heirs of heaven.
3. Baptism takes away original and actual sins, but not the temporal punishment for them.
5. It is possible to receive other sacraments before baptism, but not the best practice.
6. Proper wording is either "I baptize you '[in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit]'; or, 'in the name of Jesus Christ'.
8. An unbaptized person who desires to do all that god commands and lives a good live, but is not aware of the need for baptism, will still go to hell. - - - [He has the baptism of desire]
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