Assertion: baptism | /r/HasProperty | spiritual circumcision
Facets:
value: clearly
type: MANNER
value: as a sacrament of initiation
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Where the circumcision of Jesus is narrated, it is exchanged by Baptism in the New Testament, as Baptism is a spiritual circumcision, as our teacher St. Paul says: �
text: By this we do not imply that it is of no consequence whether we are sprinkled or immersed, or whether our baptism is spiritual or literal.
text: Baptism, as a sacrament of initiation, is a spiritual birth, our entrance into the Church—a very serious matter.
text: Circumcision physically represents baptism’s “spiritual effect” (III, 70, 1).
text: Baptism, mentioned in verse 12, does not replace circumcision; it follows circumcision—and it is clearly a spiritual circumcision that is meant.