Religion Test 2

What is a “type”?

An event or person in scripture that points forward to a later event or person.

Meaning of the 3 Old Testament “types”

Noah & the Flood

• Flood cleanses the sinful earth

Prefigures cleansing of personal sins in Baptism

Exodus from Egypt

• People pass through Red Sea, from slavery to freedom

• Prefigures passing from death to life through Baptism

Israelites crossing the Jordan River

• They enter into the Promised Land

• Prefigures our entering God’s Kingdom through Baptism

Meaning of the word “Baptism”

The religious rite of sprinkling water onto a person's forehead or of immersion in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church

Meaning of the word baptizein

“to plunge” “to immerse” “to dip”

Meaning of the word tabal

Jewish Religious Rituals of Cleansing, using either Blood or Water to Purify

• Baptism cleanses us of Original sin

Origin of Baptism

The Essenes were a Jewish sect at the time of Christ, who lived in communities in the wilderness and practiced Ritual Cleansing→Ritual white garments→Common Ritual Meal

John the Baptist’s Baptism

John may have been an “Essene”

• Like Essenes, John practiced ritual Baptism

• John’s Baptism

• Not = A Sacrament

• = Only a sign of repentance

Jesus’ Baptism

Did it to be in solidarity with us

To show himself as God’s beloved

When did Jesus institute Baptism

When he told his Apostles to go spread the word and Baptize people.

What is sin? (harmartia)

“missing the target”

Any word, action, or desire that is against God’s law of love

What are the effects of sin?

Sin breaks or harms our relationship with God, ourselves, and those around us/others.

The 6 effects of Baptism

• We die and rise with Christ.

• We are freed from Original Sin and all personal sins.

• We become adopted children of God.

• We become members of the Church and sharers in the priesthood of Christ.

• We receive a permanent or indelible sacramental character; therefore, the Sacrament of Baptism can never be repeated.

• We are empowered by the Holy Spirit for discipleship.

Baptism by immersion and affusion

Immersion= total submersion in water

Affusion=   water poured over the head

The Elements of Baptism: Matter, Form, Minister

Matter-Water-by immersion or affusion

From-Words of Baptism

Minister-usually a Bishop, Priest, or Deacon-can be anyone in emergency.

Infant Baptism sources

180 A.D. St. Irenaeus’ Against Heresies

215 A.D. St. Hippolytus

1^st Century “Households” (Acts)

Why anyone can be saved (even though saved by Christ), according to the Catholic Church?

If they seek truth & does God’s will (good) acc. to her understanding

God will try and understand

Baptism of Blood

Martyred before chance to be baptized

Baptism of Desire

Dies during time of Baptism prep

Steps of the Baptism ceremony

Gathering at the baptismal font, the minister leading prayers and Scripture readings, and making a renunciation of sin and profession of faith 

The Baptism should be on a Sunday, the day of the Lord’s Resurrection. Ideally, it is celebrated at Mass, as this underlines the child’s incorporation into the Body of Christ, the community of faith. The ordinary minister of the Sacrament of Baptism is a bishop or priest. In the Latin Church, a deacon may also celebrate the sacrament.  After Baptism, the child is anointed on the crown of the head with the Sacred Chrism of salvation. This newly baptized child is now a child of God.

Explain what a “type” is, and describe how the three Old Testament “types” of Baptism (Noah’s Ark, the Crossing of the Red Sea, and the Crossing of the Jordan River) each reveal something about what Baptism means for Christians today. If you were to add a modern “type” from your own experience — a moment when “passing through water” or “starting fresh” felt like a new beginning — what might it be, and why?

A type is an event or person in scripture that points forward to a later event or person. The three types of Baptism are Noah’s Ark, the Crossing of the Red Sea, and the Crossing of the Jordan River. Noah & the Flood prefigures the cleansing of personal sins in Baptism. The Crossing of the Red Sea prefigures passing from death to life through Baptism. The crossing of the Jordan River prefigures our entering God’s Kingdom through Baptism.