Sundry Matters On Baptism

"In the ceremony of baptism, both of children and of adults, the minister shall use the respective forms drawn up for the administration of this sacrament. -- Article 58, D.K.O. THE LITURGICAL FORMS The use of liturgical forms in connection with the celebration of the sacraments is for more than one reason a good thing. The main benefit derived from their use is that they put life and meaning into what is otherwise a dead symbol. The spiritual significance of the external sign must be...