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NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works - Holy Bible Institute

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Against those who assert that the baptism in the name of the Father alone is sufficient.that to add or to take away anything 958 involves manifestly a falling away from the lifeeverlasting. If then in baptism the separation of the Spirit from the Father <strong>and</strong> the Son isperilous to the baptizer, <strong>and</strong> of no advantage to the baptized, how can the rending asunderof the Spirit from Father <strong>and</strong> from Son be safe for us? 959 Faith <strong>and</strong> baptism are two kindred<strong>and</strong> inseparable ways of salvation: faith is perfected through baptism, baptism is establishedthrough faith, <strong>and</strong> both are completed by the same names. For as we believe in the Father<strong>and</strong> the Son <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Holy</strong> Ghost, so are we also baptized in the name of the Father <strong>and</strong> ofthe Son <strong>and</strong> of the <strong>Holy</strong> Ghost; first comes the confession, introducing us to salvation, <strong>and</strong>baptism follows, setting the seal upon our assent.958 cf. Deut. iv. 2, <strong>and</strong> Rev. xxi. 18, 19.959 cf. note on p. 17.179

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