Dissertation I. On Baptism Considered in Itself

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Baptism is a sacrament by which man is spiritually regenerated through the washing of the body with water, done by another, under the express invocation of the individual Persons of the Most Holy Trinity. With this summary notion premised, we shall treat first of the existence, then of the essence, then of the effects, and finally of the necessity of Baptism.

Baptism The Nature of Baptism

Within this part

Part I. On the Existence of the Sacrament of Baptismn. 51
Part II. On the Essence of the Sacrament of Baptismnn. 52–60
- Section I. On Remote Matternn. 52–53
- Section II. On Proximate Matternn. 54–55
- Section III. On the Formnn. 56–60
Part III. On the Effects of Baptismn. 61
Part IV. On the Necessity of Baptismnn. 62–73
- Section I. On Necessity of Meansnn. 62–72
  - Scholion I. On Baptism of Desirenn. 63–67
  - Scholion II. On Baptism of Bloodnn. 68–72
- Section II. On Necessity of Preceptn. 73