Hans Urs von Balthasar Quote

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.


Unless You Become Like this Child (ed. Ignatius Press, 1991) - ISBN: 9780898703795


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...

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...

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...

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...