Catechism Paragraph

¶ 1225

In his Passover Christ opened to all men the fountain of Baptism. He had already spoken of his Passion, which he was about to suffer in Jerusalem, as a "Baptism" with which he had to be Baptized. 22 The Blood and Water that flowed from the pierced side of the crucified Jesus are types of Baptism and the Eucharist, the Sacraments of new Life. 23 From then on, it is Possible "to be born of water and the Spirit" 24 in order to Enter the Kingdom of God.

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