Do all those baptized in Christ receive the effect of the dew equally?
Thesis.
The grace of baptism is ordinarily and always the same, as far as it comes from God and the sacrament. However, it can be unequal fine, as far as it depends on those who act it, on the merit or the nature of the dispenser and the recipient. 1)
To carry out this thesis, I presuppose that the effect of baptism is twofold. The one follows exactly the performed work
1) In any case, the text of the original is corrumpirt. It reads: quantum "ä ministe"", meritum, passiovein i'drisN vt rvoipientin sudjeeti. According to the given explanations we assume that it should be read: Quantum "ä ministro", m "ritum svu äispositi "nk>m o "nk "rvntis et reeipiontis sudjveti. The doctrine enunciated in this thesis is still papist.
(opus operatum) or the administration of the sacrament, if there is no obstacle, and all merit of devotion on the part of both the dispenser and the recipient is refrained from. The other effect does not follow from the performance of the work, but from the manner of its performance, that is, from the nature or merit of the dispenser or recipient. The former effect of baptism, which follows the work performed, is the actual sacramental effect. Secondly, it should be noted that various causes come together to produce the effects of baptism: the primary active cause, namely, the glorious God Himself; secondly, the meritorious cause, which is the suffering of Christ, from which the sacraments derive their efficacy; thirdly, the constitutional cause of the recipient, and fourthly, the constitutional cause of the dispenser; and according to each of these, the grace conferred in baptism may be different.