The tradition Christian teaching on baptism

 According to the official teaching of the church,   baptism was instituted by Jesus Christ. Catechism of the catholic church hold that it is the base of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the spirit and the door to the sacerament it makes us the member of the body  of Christ,  it in corrupts into the church and makes cheerers in the church mission the second venants council government constitution of the church teaches that baptism incorrupt us into the church. Gregory of naziazus describes it as thus.

 The catechism also affirms the neccesity of baptism for the salvation. It holds that baptism is necessary for salvation. This is based on the command of the lord himself, when he commissioned his disciple to go and proclaim the word and those who believe will be baptized and saved. Baptism is the respond to the faith received through the preaching of the gospel and the proclamation of the gospel is a necessary prerequisite for baptistism for adult. Baptism is regarded as the sacrament of faith, it is within the faith of the church that each of the faithful can believe and this faith needs to mature,  for it is not perfect yet. During the era of early fathers the doctrine of the neccesity of baptism for salvation was in the indical with the membership of the church in the sense that only those who belongs to the church were consciene saved. The church teaches that baptism conferes grace , it has saving effect on the believers, and the catechism of the catholic church mention two principles effect of baptism. Purification from sin and the comferal of the new birth in the spirit.  Others event are  as follows

1. In baptism all sin is forgiven , including but the original and personal sin and the punishment due to them. BoBoth baptism does not take away the sin of natural  propensity or inclination to sin, what is the the traditional called  concupiscence.

2. Baptism does not allow purify from all sins but also makes one a new creature.

3. It confers satisfying grace , which enables the baptist to live in supernatural lives.

4. It also states that all the baptise has received and indailible spiritual mark, such that no sin can increase . The implementation is that the person can not be baptized twice of once validly baptized.

   They are also  baptism that are non sacrament. Baptism of blood , and baptism of desire. While baptism of blood conciene those ,  who because of there faith in Christ , suffered death, prior to baptism , why baptism of desire conciene that catechist men who died prior to there baptism. The cathecism states that baptism can be administrated to both the adult and the infant. Which regards to adult baptism, the adult go through catechumenate  meant to bring them to conversation and there faith to growth period to baptism. Which regards to infant, because they share a faillen nature of man by the corruption of original sin, they stand in need of salvation, which is brought about true baptism so as to share in the new birth and benefit of the freedom of the children of God in Christ Jesus, on this note , is written.

   The second Vatican council , dogmatic constitution  on the church , teaches us that baptism orients  us to the worship of God and gives to rebirth as sons and daughter of God. The council holds that baptism indicates us in to the pascahal mystery. The document Aldo states through baptism the lay faithful in the priestly , prophetic and kingly mystery of Christ and carry on the mission of Christ in the church and in the world. The degrees on ecumenism holds that baptism is a bond of unity and a source of potentially  full unity among the division christian community. The church a frames the command of Christ in the gospel that all baptism must be done with the  trinity formula. In the name of the father the son, and the holy spirit in the baptisima water  or by pouring water on the head of the candidate coordinate ordinary mystery of the sacrament of the baptism of  bishop, priest and deacons , only in a state  of incumbency can any other baptise.