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.

~ Hans Urs Von Balthasar

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It would be unjust toward children to introduce them to Christian teaching and existence only as little pagans and catechumens, in order to leave it up to them to choose the Faith on their own responsibility at a point in time difficult to determine.

~ Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Hans Urs Von Balthasar Baptism Catholicism Christianity Faith Infant Baptism Theology