The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in ord... - Hans Urs von Balthasar, Unless You Become Like This Child

"The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in order to acquire for herself an increase in membership but in order to consecrate a human being to God and to communicate to that person the divine gift of birth from God."

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