Baptisim

[Extra ecclesiam nulla salus]

I rember that if you are baptized you are one of Gods children...

so if u are a protestant and validly baptized you are a child of God no?

if you reject Catholcism and the church you lose that status know?

so anyway i know child of god is no offical term or anything but its a cruisosity

God Bless,

Sam

[cappie]

[quote name='Extra ecclesiam nulla salus' date='Aug 26 2005, 12:48 PM']I rember that if you are baptized you are one of Gods children...

so if u are a protestant and validly baptized you are a child of God no?

[b]YES[/b]

if you reject Catholcism and the church you lose that status know?

[b]NO[/b]

so anyway i know  child of god is no offical term or anything but its a cruisosity

God Bless,

Sam
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Baptism confers an indelible character that cannot be erased. This was taught by the Council of Trent (following the teaching of St Augustine)
and is expressed in the current teaching of the Church in the Catechism:

[i]1272 Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, the person baptized is configured to Christ. Baptism seals the Christian with the indelible spiritual mark (character) of his belonging to Christ. No sin can erase this mark, even if sin prevents Baptism from bearing the fruits of salvation. Given once for all, Baptism cannot be repeated[/i].

As being a child of God this comes from past Catechisms (I learnt it by heart) it is expressed in the current Catechism as:

[i]1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word."
1279 The fruit of Baptism, or baptismal grace, is a rich reality that includes forgiveness of original sin and all personal sins, birth into the new life by which man becomes an adoptive son of the Father, a member of Christ and a temple of the Holy Spirit. By this very fact the person baptized is incorporated into the Church, the Body of Christ, and made a sharer in the priesthood of Christ.[/i]