Baptism brings one into faith.
I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal, and the most precious gift. St. Gregory of Nazianzus. This external bath signifies and brings about an interior cleansing from sin. Incorporation into the Church By this sacrament, a person becomes a member of the Body of Christ.