Views During The Time of the Reformation (60): Views on the Church: Baptism (Romish View)

The Roman Catholic view of the sacrament of Baptism is set forth in the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent, adopted in the seventh session of this council, as follows: Canon I. -- "If any one saith, that the baptism of John had the same force as the baptism of Christ: let him be anathema." Canon II. -- "If any one saith, that true and natural water is not of necessity for baptism, and, on that account, wrests, to some sort of metaphor, those words of our Lord Jesus Christ: Unless a...