Q. 94. What is Baptism?
Question. What is Baptism?
Answer. Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord's.
Proofs.
- [a] Matt. 28:19
- [b] Acts 2:38-42; 22:16; Rom. 6:3-4; Gal. 3:26-27; I Pet. 3:21
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Citation: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 94, Wikisource digital text.
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Scripture refs: 1PE.3.21, ACT.2.38-ACT.2.42, ACT.22.16, GAL.3.26-GAL.3.27, MAT.28.19, ROM.6.3-ROM.6.4
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