#baptism

For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed. ↗

— John Tillotson

#communion #eucharist #god #lord-s-supper #sacraments

Minister: Welcome, brother! Do you reject Satan and all his works? Bunny Breckinridge: Sure. ↗

— Tim Burton

#bunny-breckenridge #rejecting-satan #satan

Religion needs a baptism of horse sense. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#horse #needs #religion #sense

As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of Baptism, so Luther says the same thing about absolution in case of necessity, where no priest is present. ↗

— Martin Chemnitz

#absolution #administer #any #baptism #case

I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a poet and to accept the fact that life had never given me any choice in the matter. And then I had to discover exactly what that meant. ↗

— Aberjhani

#contemporary-literature #contemporary-poetry #destiny #famous-poets #initiation

Ego non baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli! ↗

— Herman Melville

#satanic #satan