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| Visit of Nicodemus to Christ by American artist, John La Farge, 1835-1919 |
Of the various heretical sects
that have prowled the earth in these latter times in defiance of the One True
Church, perhaps the most adamant and hypocritical has been the "Born-Again
Christian" movement, a Protestant sect which perverts Christ's teaching that "a
man must be born again" to be saved. (John 3:3)
In the Gospel, Jesus tells
Nicodemus, "Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and
the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God." (John 3:5) This verse
of scripture refers specifically to the sacrament of baptism in the Catholic
Church. Jesus says we must be born again through baptism if we want to be saved.
Note that the application of water is indispensable, without which there is no
being born again.
The born-again sect
detracts from baptism and the institutionalized Church. Its objective is to
prevent man from being reborn into Christ, that is, to prevent his baptism into
the Catholic Church. Accordingly, it instigates rebellion against the vows made
at baptism that we remain allegiant to the Church of Rome.
