Showing posts with label baptism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baptism. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Is baptism the new circumcision?

Some evil man yesterday asked me, quite offhand, if I thought that baptism was the "new circumcision," replacing circumcision as a sacrament.

At first, I said no, because I don't see circumcision or baptism as a sacrament, only to do some research on what exactly sacraments are. Then my answer was still no, because while I can accept that they're sacraments, I don't think one replaces or supercedes the other.

So: what is a sacrament?