15 1220 If water springing up from the earth symbolizes life, the water of the sea is a symbol of death and so can represent the mystery of the cross. By this symbolism Baptism signifies communion ...

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1285 Baptism, the Eucharist ... the confirmand receives the "mark," the seal of the Holy Spirit. A seal is a symbol of a person, a sign of personal authority, or ownership of an object.

But the Bible does not ignore the ambivalent nature of water, a symbol of both death and life ... see these two crossings as a prefiguration of baptism. In all four Gospels, Jesus' public life ...

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Nearly 500,000 pilgrims of all denominations visit this site annually, which is under the protection of the Baptism Site Commission. According to the Gospel (John 1:28), this is “Bethany Beyond ...