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Ah, well I'm not qualified to answer why God made it thus, but for our good and His glory, surely! I think you are mistaken if you think Cyril is speaking of 2 baptisms here. (Unless you mean his reference to the baptism of martyrdom) The efficacy the water on the body is no different than...

Yes it is a marriage cermony. Baptism is the nuptial bath that purifies us and dresses us in our wedding gown. That we might enter the wedding chamber and be intimately united with our Groom. It is to this nuptial bath that the Spirit and the Church call us... Let the hearers say 'Come'...

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Well here's the thing: The Church has always taught that we receive 'the real thing ' by means of the sacrament. In other words the sacrament actually effects, through the power of the Holy Spirit, that which it also signifies. It is here, at baptism, that we are truly born again and become...

Hello HiH, I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you asking why we do not immediately have our bodies changed to glorified immortal bodies? We do indeed receive the hope, that having died with Christ our bodies will be raised. But everything at its appointed time... Further, having...

Meriam webster definition of religious: Definition of religious (Entry 1 of 2) 1: relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity a religious person religious attitudes 2: of, relating to, or devoted to religious beliefs or observances joined a...

Yes, but this is no ordinary water, it is the living water, through which the Holy Spirit regenerates us by His power. This is the narrow gate by which we are united with Jesus' death and ressurection and enter the kingdom of God. All who climb in another way are theives and robbers.. Here's...

Hello Bobby, Are you not religious? How do you define that term? Peace be with you!

Can one judge that which is outside the scope of their competance? "Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Peace be with you!

They're a package deal. The power of the Holy Spirit effects that which the water also symbolises. That is the whole point. This is the sacrament of Baptism through which one is born a child of God, becoming a member of the body of Christ. It is this great sacrament and the Eucharist that flow...

On the contrary, it upholds it. Peace!

He is appealing to your ego, commending you for your level of understanding and offering himself as your guide to a higher level of enlightenment... Peace!

Neither did HE spare Mary. Do you not think she suffered with her son? Do you think Jesus said 'behold your mother' to John only? Peace be with you!

Who is giving Mary a higher place than Jesus? She is the Queen mother because HE is the King. Everything she is flows from who HE is.. Peace be with you!

Hold on to that brother! And stand against those who would make of it an empty symbol... Peace be with you!

If you had the power to create your own mother, would you preserve her from the enemy? Would you stand as her accuser before her son? Do you think that would please HIM? Consider the care and handling (no one may touch it lest they die) of the ark of the old covenant which carried the word...

For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

Do you really want to know? Peace!

2 stones actually, a type of the western and eastern Church? Peace!

We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, "I love God," but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God 5 whom he has not seen. This is the commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. All are...