This act is a powerful symbol of our identification with Him. As Paul explains in Romans 6:4, “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death.” Going under the water represents being ...
1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein ) means to "plunge" or "immerse"; the "plunge" into the water symbolizes the ...
The first letter of Peter mentions the event of the flood, “…in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water. Baptism ...