bath because it washes; and seal as it is our guard and the sign of God's Lordship. 10 1219 The Church has seen in Noah's ark a prefiguring of salvation by Baptism, for by it "a few, that is ...

To mark Easter weekend, Le Monde traces the history of this symbol-laden ritual.

The first anointing of the neophyte on coming out of the baptismal bath was performed ... In the Latin Church, the same discipline applies to the Baptism of adults or to the reception into full ...