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John 3:5 Mockers Need To Learn What The Grace Of Baptism Is
Many John 3:5 mockers not only continue to push the false idea of “baptism of desire”, but they pertinaciously promote the demonstrably wrong explanation of the false theory of “baptism of desire” that was advanced by certain saints and theologians. That theory – which wrongly applies a concept that’s applicable to penance and the recovery of justification to first justification – is that some people can be saved by a “baptism of desire” which does not remove the temporal punishment due to sin and therefore does not confer the grace of baptism or regeneration. Consequently they hold that someone could die with a “baptism of desire” and be saved but still might have to suffer in Purgatory for past sins because the temporal punishment due to sin wasn’t taken away by the “baptism of desire”. But that explanation is demonstrably wrong because it’s dogmatically defined (and directly taught by Jesus) that no one can be saved (or initially justified) without having received the grace of regeneration, in which a person became a new creation and all temporal punishment due to sin was removed. Despite the flagrant contradiction between Catholic teaching and the aforementioned explanation of “BOD”, they still won’t abandon the aforementioned explanation/position. Since they obstinately cling to a view that is clearly opposed to dogmatic teaching, that proves that they are worshippers of man with no fidelity to or belief in Catholic teaching. God rejects such people. You can read more about that particular problem of the false theory of “baptism of desire” here: https://vaticancatholic.com/best-argument-baptism-desire/
The grace of Baptism, which completely regenerates the soul, is also called regeneration or being “born again”. The effect of this grace is the remission of every sin and all temporal punishment due to sin (de fide definita: see Florence and Trent below). Since the grace of Baptism not only remits all sin, but also all the temporal punishment due to sin, thus making the person a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17; Eph. 4:24), it’s certain that someone who would die immediately after receiving the grace of Baptism would go straight to Heaven. Someone dying in that state would not need to go to Purgatory or suffer any punishment for past sins. That was explicitly defined by the Councils of Florence and Trent.
Pope Eugene IV, The Council of Florence, “Exultate Deo,” Nov. 22, 1439: “Holy baptism, which is the gateway to the spiritual life… The effect of this sacrament is the remission of every fault, original and actual, and also of every punishment which is owed for the fault itself. Therefore to the baptized no satisfaction is to be enjoined for past sins; but dying, before they commit any fault, they immediately (statim) attain the kingdom of heaven and the vision of God.”
Latin -“… sanctum baptisma, quod vitae spiritualis ianua est… Huius sacramenti effectus est remissio omnis culpae originalis et actualis, omnis quoque poenae, quae pro ipsa culpa debetur. Propterea baptizatis nulla pro peccatis praeteritis iniungenda est satisfactio: sed morientes antequam culpam aliquam committant, statim ad regnum coelorum et Dei visionem perveniunt.”
Council of Trent, Sess. 5, Original Sin, # 5, ex cathedra: “If any one denies, that, by the grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which is conferred in baptism, the guilt of original sin is remitted; or even asserts that the whole of that which has the true and proper nature of sin is not taken away; but says that it is only erased, or not imputed; let him be anathema. FOR, IN THOSE WHO ARE BORN AGAIN, there is nothing that God hates; because, there is no condemnation to those who are truly buried together with Christ by baptism into death; who walk not according to the flesh, but, putting off the old man, and putting on the new who is created according to God, are made innocent, immaculate, pure, guiltless, and beloved of God, heirs indeed of God, but joint heirs with Christ; in such a manner that absolutely nothing may delay them from entry into heaven.”
Council of Trent, Sess. 6, Chap. 3: “But though He died for all, yet all do not receive the benefit of His death, but those only to whom the merit of His passion is communicated; because as truly as men would not be born unjust, if they were not born through propagation of the seed of Adam, since by that propagation they contract through him, when they are conceived, injustice as their own, SO UNLESS THEY WERE BORN AGAIN IN CHRIST THEY WOULD NEVER BE JUSTIFIED, since by that new birth through the merit of His passion the grace by which they become just is bestowed upon them.”
Notice, you must be born again to be saved, and that rebirth necessarily includes the removal of all temporal punishment due to sin. "Baptism of Desire" does not confer that grace. That's another proof that it's false.
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