St. Hilary of Poitiers (c. 315-368) thought that “being buried with His Death in Baptism” we “may return to the life of eternity (since regeneration to life is death to the former life), and ...

St. Gregory Nazianzen (c. 330-c. 390) refers to “the grace and power of baptism … a purification of the sins of each individual, and a complete cleansing from all the bruises and stains of sin ...

Eastern Orthodoxy likewise teaches that baptism is a “new birth” and “regeneration.” It is, in their theology, the instrument ...

BAPTISM IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION Prefigurations of Baptism in the Old Covenant 1217 In the ... "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word." 5 ...

Proponents of baptismal regeneration appeal to Scripture such as 1 Peter 3:21, "Baptism . . . now saves you," and Mark 16:16, "The one who believes and is baptized will be saved" (nrsv).

Baptism "illuminates us with the grace of Christ, so that we may also be light for others," he went on to say, and it is in this sacrament that "God's mercy intervenes in a powerful way to save us ...

From Dr John Mair. Sir, - Miss Prudence Dailey (Letters, 10 January) and Mr Alan Bartley ( Letters, 24 January) allude to the Gorham judgment.Mr Bartley notes that Sir Robert Phillimore observed in ...

Sir, - There has been much discussion of the inadequacies of the proposed new baptism rite, but surprisingly little has been said about its most serious failing: namely, the lack of any clear ...