The Confession of Dositheus
(1672)
Decree 16: Of Holy
Baptism.
We believe Holy Baptism,
which was instituted by the Lord, and is conferred in the name of the Holy Trinity,
to be of the highest necessity. For without it none is able to be saved, as the
Lord says, “Whoever is not born of water and of the Spirit, shall in no way
enter into the Kingdom of the Heavens” (John 3:5). And, therefore, it is
necessary even for infants, since they also are subject to the original sin
(GK), and without Baptism are not able to obtain its remission. Which the Lord showed
when he said, not of some only, but simply and absolutely, “Whoever is not born
[again],” which is the same as saying, “All that after the coming of Christ the
Savior would enter into the Kingdom of the Heavens, must be regenerated.” (in The
Holy Standards: The Creeds, Confessions of Faith, and Catechisms of the Eastern
Orthodox Church [Olyphany, Pa.: St. Theophan the Recluse Press, 2020], 56)
The Shorter Catechism of St.
Philaret of Moscow (1824)
34. Why are we baptized?
To the end that we may be mystically washed from sin, and
receive a new life of grace. (The Holy Standards: The Creeds,
Confessions of Faith, and Catechisms of the Eastern Orthodox Church [Olyphany,
Pa.: St. Theophan the Recluse Press, 2020], 94)
The Catechism of Peter
Mogila (1898)
101. What is the first Sacrament, or Baptism?
Baptism is a washing away and rooting out of the
Ancestral Sin being (του
προπατορικου αμαρτηματος; Latin peccati
originalist), by being thrice immersed in water, the Priest pronouncing
these words: In the name of the Father, Amen; and of the Son, Amen; and of
the Holy Spirit, Amen.
After which regeneration (αναγεννησιν; Latin: regenerationem)
by water and the Spirit a man is restored to the grace of God, and the way opened
him into the Kingdom of Heaven; as our Savior said, Except a man is born of
water and of the Spirit, he canoe enter into the Kingdom of God (John 3:5).
(The Holy Standards: The Creeds, Confessions of Faith, and Catechisms of the
Eastern Orthodox Church [Olyphany, Pa.: St. Theophan the Recluse Press,
2020], 395)
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