Ok, so if you get baptized does it wash ALL your sins away?
2006-08-09 04:21:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, and the grace you receive strengthens you so that you won't sin so easily in the future.
It cannot stop you from choosing to commit new sins.
With love in Christ.
2006-08-09 17:12:58 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was Baptized at age 39 after going through RCIA.
The Baptism washed ALL of the sin from my soul that I have done up to that point. Anything after that I am required to go through the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Peace
2006-08-09 12:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read these scripture verse to know the necessity of baptism.
Acts 2:38: Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 22:16: And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
1 Peter 3:21: The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
2006-08-09 11:29:37 · answer #3 · answered by Victor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we have Reconciliation (also known as Confession) where we repent of our sins after baptism, by telling our sins to the priest. The priest acts "In persona Christi" (In the person of Christ), in other words, as a mediator towards you and God. Kinda like a psychologist, except that you can trust that the priest is not going to remember what you tell him (they are trained to forget what people tell them in confession.)
2006-08-09 11:30:58 · answer #4 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Baptism washes away original sin.
2006-08-09 11:26:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, all sins up to that point, both original and personal sin.
After Baptism, you need to go to teh Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) for the forgiveness of mortal sins. Lesser sins can be taken care of with a sincere Act of Contrition and recieving the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist.
There is always hope for unbaptized people who have sought out God and have followed their conscience.
"What glorious hope!" Mauriac writes. "There are all those who will discover that their neighbor is Jesus himself, although they belong to the mass of those who do not know Christ or who have forgotten Him. And nevertheless they will find themselves well loved. It is impossible for any one of those who has real charity in his heart not to serve Christ. Even some of those who think they hate Him, have consecrated their lives to Him; for Jesus is disguised and masked in the midst of men, hidden among the poor, among the sick, among prisoners, among strangers. Many who serve Him officially have never known who He was, and many who do not even know His name, will hear on the last day the words that open to them the gates of joy. O Those children were I, and I those working men. I wept on the hospital bed. I was that murderer in his cell whom you consoled.' "
2006-08-09 11:29:53 · answer #6 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptism erases only original sin. All the rest require reconciliation and penance.
2006-08-09 11:25:43 · answer #7 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you think it's sad that being baptized gets you into heaven, while us good, non-religious people can't get in (if there happens to be a god)?
2006-08-09 11:25:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but it didn't take me long to clock up a whole lot of new ones
2006-08-09 11:26:09 · answer #9 · answered by gwaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but then you have to keep up with confessions...
2006-08-09 11:26:23 · answer #10 · answered by Drew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋