...into this salvation. In baptism, as we are taught in the first rudiments of our faith, we were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. You see then, here, brethren, your calling — your election of God — for I address those who have...

...throughout the catechism. Children are therein taught to profess, that at their baptism they became members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven, and heartily to thank God their heavenly Father that He has called them to a state of salvation through...

...obligations which it imposes on them ; and if from the time of its administration they were taught to live as members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ; and if they were also instructed with diligent care in every thing respecting the sacrament of the...

...Father will receive you : the Son will atone for you : the Holy Ghost will sanctify you. Thus shall you become members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. Such should be the blessing upon their repentance and their faith ; and this blessing should be made...

...out by Divine revelation, in the steady pursuance of which we may be regenerate and born anew, and become " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." Let the educator well understand what the Church means by these phrases; he will then be able to educate...

...are able to learn," they are taught the blessings they received by baptism, " wherein they were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven," as well as the obligations they then contracted, " to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully...

...privileges conferred upon us with that name : when baptised into the community of the Church, we were made " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." What a world of brightness and glory do these few words open upon the soul ! Let the subject but for...

...admission into the Church and family of God; or, in the language of our catechism, we are thereby " made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ;' ' " members of Christ," by being united to that mystical body, the Church, of which he is the Head...

...which she teaches them of the privileges conferred upon them at their baptism, " wherein they were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven :" and in the expression of their " hearty thanks to their heavenly Father, that he hath called them...

...performance of the promises he made at baptism to man. What does the Catechism say we are made in baptism ? Members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven. It is to be united to him, as the branch is to the vine, and as the members are to the body, Christ...