Assertion: baptism's savior | /r/CapableOf | decide on the material
Facets:
value: according to st. bonaventure
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to St. Bonaventure, the Savior decided on the material to be used when He was Himself baptized by John in the Jordan; He began to communicate the graces of baptism when He rose from the dead; He determined how the sacrament should be given when He commanded the apostles to baptize in the name of the Holy Trinity; He merited the graces to be conferred at baptism during His Passion and death on the Cross; and He foretold its purpose and necessity, during His conversation with Nicodemus as recorded in the Fourth Gospel (John 3:1-21).