40 1239 The essential rite of the sacrament follows: Baptism properly speaking. It signifies and actually brings about death to sin and entry into the life of the Most Holy Trinity through ...

Is the baptism valid if we say: "I baptize thee in the name of the Holy Trinity," without naming ... declare that they believe in the Holy Catholic Church and in all it teaches; which would ...

Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and the first of the sacraments of Christian initiation, followed by Confirmation and the Eucharist. According to the Holy Scriptures ...