SECTION II.
OTHER POINTS OF CATHOLIC FAITH.
THE SACRAMENTS.
PROPOSITION I.
Catholics believe that there are seven Sacraments, or Sacred Ceremonies, instituted by our Saviour Jesus Christ, whereby the merits of his passion are applied to the soul of the worthy receiver. These Sacraments are Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, Extreme-Unction, Order, and Matrimony.
BAPTISM.
SCRIPTURE.
Matt. xxviii. 19. “Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations; baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”—John iii. 5. “Except a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”-Acts ii. 37, 38. “When they had heard these things they had compunction in their heart, and they said to Peter and to the rest of the Apostles : What shall we do? But Peter said to them, Do penance, and be baptised, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins.---Ibid. viii. 38. And (Philip) commanded the chariot to stand still; and they went down into the water, both Philip and the Eunuch, and he
