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Question 73

On Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 73

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Why then doth the holie Ghost call Baptisme the washing of the newe birth, and forgiuenes of sinnes?

God speaketh so not without great cause: to wit, not onely to teache vs, that as the filth of our bodie is purged by water, so our sinnes also are purged by the bloud and spirite of Christ: but much more to assure vs by this diuine token and pledge, that wee are as verily washed from our sinnes with the inwarde washing, as we area washed by the outward and visible water.b

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aRevelation 1:5; 7:14; 1 Corinthians 6:11
  2. bMark 16:16; Galatians 3:17

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