At the request of an honest mayor. 1521 (1523?).
The Baptist says: What is your name?
The godfather answers: Peter; or else.
The Baptist: Do you renounce the devil and all his works and all his hope and splendor?
The Pathe: I object.
The Baptist: What is your name?
The godfather: Peter; or else.
The Baptist: Do you believe in God the Father, the Almighty Creator of heaven and earth?
The Pathe: I think.
2136 D. 22, 166; 163. how to baptize a person into the Christian faith. W. X, 2622-2624. 2137
The Baptist: Do you also believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born of Mary and suffered?
The Pathe: I think.
The Baptist: Do you also believe in the Holy Spirit, a Christian church, communion of saints, forgiveness of sin, resurrection of the flesh, and eternal life after death?
The Pathe: I think.
The Baptist to the child: The sign of the holy cross of our Lord Jesus Christ I put on your forehead. The sign of the Beatificator, our Lord Jesus Christ, I place on your chest. Receive the sign of the cross of Christ, as on the forehead, so also in the heart.
Receive the faith of the heavenly commandments, become so in morals that you may be an example of God, and realize with joy, if you have entered the Church of God, that you have escaped the snares of the devil.
Be afraid of the idols, despise their images, have before your eyes God the Father Almighty and Jesus Christ His Son, who lives and reigns with the same Father and with the Holy Spirit, One God forever and ever, amen.
The Baptist takes salt in his fingers and puts it into the child's mouth, saying: "Take the salt of wisdom, you whom God has graced with eternal life. Peace be with you.
The Baptist, when carrying the child into the church, says: "The Lord keep your entrance and exit from now and forever." Isms.
By the baptismal font.
The Baptist says: What is your name?
The godfather: Peter; or else.
The Baptist: Do you renounce the devil and all his works and all his hope and splendor?
The Pathe: I object.
The Baptist: What is your name?
The godfather: Peter; or else.
The Baptist pours water and says: Ego baptizo te in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.... This is in German: I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
The Baptist speaks to the child when he puts the vest shirt on him: Put on a white garment, which you shall wear before the judgment seat of Christ, that you may have eternal life. Peace be with you. Amen.