The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: Taken From Paraliturdical Devotions of the Western Church and Their Role in Orthodoxy 1992

The devotion to the Sacred Heart also is rooted in intuitions of the early Church and even in the Old Testament. Fundamentally, it is a recollection of the sacrificial love of Christ as witnessed in His Incarnation, passion, and death. It includes also, the fullness of Divine love for mankind which is evidenced throughout the history of our race and is fulfilled in Christ’s act for the salvation of man.

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A Brief Perspective on the Modes of Baptisms

The liturgical-sacramental experience of baptism is understood amongst a great deal of Christian denominations[1] to be a transformative experience of salvific reality, necessary for the Christian participant. Containing within itself a nearly universal recognition of importance amongst Christians, the liturgical form of baptism is often debated as to how one should receive this sacrament: weather by sprinkling, pouring, or immersion of water.

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