Baptism

One baptism

"I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all" (Eph 4:1-6).

Baptism of the Holy Spirit

The Baptism of Jesus is the model of the sacrament of Baptism.

Just as Jesus was anointed (Greek: christened) with the Holy Spirit, so are we.

We are "born [again] of water and Spirit" (Jn 3:5).

The sacrament of Baptism causes us to have new life (zoë instead of just bios. We become children of God and have a new Father and a whole new set of family relationships with God and with each other.