Assertion: baptism's effect | /r/HasProperty | spiritual
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text: Tertullian (On Baptism 7) writes: "Baptism is a carnal act in as much as we are submerged in the water; but the effect is spiritual, for we are freed from our sins.
text: Although it is a physical ceremony, the lessons and effects of baptism are spiritual.
text: Baptism itself is a corporal act by which we are plunged into the water, while its effect is spiritual, in that we are freed from our sins” (ibid., 7:2).