Saturday, July 05, 2008
Baptism
Christ begets children in the Church through his priests, as [apostle Paul] says: "I became your father in Christ." (1Cor. 4:15) And in this way Christ brings the new man to birth, formed in his Mother's womb and sent into the world in the waters of baptism through the hands of the priest, with faith for witness... So we should believe that we can be brought to birth... and that it is Christ who gives life to us. As the apostle John says: "To those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God. (John 1:12)
-- Saint Pacian of Barcelona (?-c.390)
-- Saint Pacian of Barcelona (?-c.390)
