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Council of Trent, Session 5, Decree Concerning Original Sin, Paragraph 4, 1546 A.D. -- Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
"Even infants, who could not as yet commit any sin of themselves, are for this cause truly baptized for the remission of sins, that in them that may be cleansed away by regeneration, which they have contracted by generation. 'For, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God'."

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Council of Trent, Session 7, Canons on the Sacrament of Baptism, Canon 5, 1547 A.D. -- Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
"If anyone says that baptism (the sacrament) is optional, that is, not necessary for salvation: let him be anathema."

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Council of Trent, Session 5, Decree Concerning Original Sin, Paragraph 3, 1546 A.D. -- Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
If any one asserts, that this sin of Adam ... is taken away either by the powers of human nature, or by any other remedy than the merit of the one mediator, our Lord Jesus Christ ... or if he denies that the said merit of Jesus Christ is applied, both to adults and to infants, by the sacrament of baptism ... let him be anathema."

Note: Removal of Orignal Sin by the "powers of human nature" is specifically denied in this decree ... such as the human nature action of "desire".

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Council of Trent, Session 6, Decree on Justification, Chapter 7, 1547 A.D. -- Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
"Of this Justification the causes are these ... the meritorious cause is His most beloved only-begotten, our Lord Jesus Christ ... the instrumental cause is the sacrament of baptism ..."

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Note: The interior dispostion or desire of the person -- "his own works" -- cannot bring the soul to a justified state without the grace of Jesus Christ. The sanctifying grace, through Jesus Christ, to bring one to justification has been dogmatically defined as water baptism.

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Council of Trent, Session 6, Canons on Justification, Canon 9, 1547 A.D. -- Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
"If any one saith, that by faith alone the impious is justified; in such wise as to mean, that nothing else is required to co-operate in order to the obtaining the grace of Justification, and that it is not in any way necessary, that he be prepared and disposed by the movement of his own will; let him be anathema."

Note: Trent stating that you must co-operate with actual grace to achieve the grace of Justification which is obtained through water baptism, see Dogma above and on Section 7.2 of this site.

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Council of Trent, Session 6, Decree on Justification, Chapter 7, 1547 A.D. -- Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
"Of this Justification the causes are these ... the meritorious cause is His most beloved only-begotten, our Lord Jesus Christ ... the instrumental cause is the sacrament of baptism ..."

Note: The instrumental cause (singular) of Justification is defined as sacramental baptism ... which rules out the human action of "desire" as a cause for justification.

2.  No one operating on the level of naturalism can or will seek the supernatural effects of water baptism (the remission of Original Sin) unless the desire (actual grace (which is supernatural)) for it is infused into the soul from the outside. So justification (being made free from Original Sin by water baptism) cannot take place unless two things happen (1) the desire for baptism being placed into the soul and (2) water baptism actually taking place.

3.  Does the first part of this citation (before the words "as it is written") contradict the second part which specifies water baptism for salvation? We see clearly in this Section that these two parts of this citation do not contradict each other.

4.  Why did the Council of Trent go through the trouble of specifying both water baptism and the desire for it in Session 6 on Justification? Because they were battling the heretics who were insanely saying, in essence: "We're saved by grace, no action is required on our part." If one reads through Session 6, the Church is condemning this heresy.

5.  Trent, in Session 6, addresses the need to cooperate with actual grace (the desire for baptism being placed into the soul) so that as an adult one would learn the Catholic Faith and ask for water baptism. The Council of Trent wanted to make clear the distinction between the action of water baptism and the desire for baptism ... so that the heretics would not confuse the fact that: because they were getting actual graces to reject sin this was not sufficient for salvation. One must go futher for the santifying grace of water baptism. The heretics needed to know that these are two separate operations of grace (one actual and one sanctifying) -- and that both are required. More on this subject below.

6.  In other parts of the Council of Trent which have Sources of Dogma regarding Water Baptism as being required to get the Heaven (shown above) ... the Council does not go through the discussion of following through on the desire (actual grace) for the sacrament of baptism since this is addressed in Session 6.

7.  The Vatican-2 cult, in their soul damning nature, reverse the order of the words in Chapter 4 of Session 6.

7a.  Notice that the Chapter 4 text states "or the desire thereof" (desire for water baptism, "the laver of regeneration") it does not say "baptism of desire". The Vatican-2 cult, in their iniquity, take the following steps to corrupt this Catholic decree:

         Step 1:  Reverse the order of the words ... reverse  "desire  thereof"   - to -   "of  desire".
         Step 2:  On top of this they add the word "baptism" into a place in the Session 6, Chapter 4 decree where it doesn't even exist.
         Step 3:  Magically ... the Vatican-2 cult now has its (and Satan's) heresy of "baptism of desire" ... which they lie to the world about to send people into Hell.

7b.  A five year old child could recognize their clownish game of reversing the order of words and then adding an additional word which isn't there.

8.  Because of the manner in which the human rational soul functions -- desire must precede the action.

9.  Readers of Session 6, Chapter 4 must take conscience note of what Chapter 4 actually states ... of what justification cannot take place without (that is: what cannot be missing to reach the state of Justification). It does not say that justification may take place by either water or desire ... it is stating that neither the desire nor the water can be missing -- because we see in the second part of this citation in Chapter 4 that water baptism is specified in this Trent decree. This is another lie of the Vatican-2 jew-heretic cult ... read only the first part of the citation.

10.  Based on the seven Sources of Dogma cited above from the Council of Trent and the nineteen Ex-Cathedra Dogma shown in Section 7.2 of this website -- which specifically rule out "baptism of desire" ... and that water baptism is necessary for justification and salvation -- one cannot by right reason conclude that this extract from Trent can be (mis)understood to mean "baptism of desire" as a means of remitting Original Sin or as a means of getting to Heaven.

11.  Additional help in resolving this matter ... If you arrive at the faulty conclusion that the Council of Trent Session 6, Chapter 4 teaches "baptism of desire" and die in that state ... be 100% certain of your descent into Hell.

12.  Whoever tries to tell you that Trent Session 6, Chapter 4 teaches "baptism of desire" is working for your eternal damnation.

The common English translation for Session 6, Chapter 4 uses the word "desire". In the Latin seen above the word is voto (a form of votum).

Votum does not refer to a simple "desire" (or "wish" or "longing") but is a much stronger word.

It derives from the Latin word for a "vow" or solemn intention and is linguistically related to the word for "will" (volo). Notice the linguistic root vo- (volo (to will), voluntas (the will, votum). So the word votum actually refers to the will.

Considering the Church's intention in this General Council in using the Latin word "voto" ... the intention is to say that the person must have an act of the will to pursue water baptism, making an interior vow or a solemn intention to pursue the sacrament.

What's next with the Vatican-2 cult ... will they start to push "baptism of the will", "baptism of an interior vow", or "baptism of intention" ? It's all ludicrous.

That the Council was battling this specific heresy is seen in the very next paragraph -- Session 6, Chapter 5:

Council of Trent, Decree on Justification, Session 6, Chapter 5, 1547 A.D. -- Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
"The beginning of the said Justification is to be derived from the prevenient grace of God, through Jesus Christ, that is to say, from His vocation, whereby, without any merits existing on their parts, they are called; that so they, who by sins were alienated from God, may be disposed through His quickening and assisting grace, to convert themselves to their own justification, by freely assenting to and co-operating with that said grace ..."

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Council of Trent, Decree on Justification, Session 6, Chapter 5, 1547 A.D. -- Ex-Cathedra Dogma >
"Neither is man himself utterly without doing anything while he receives that inspiration, forasmuch as he is also able to reject it; yet is he not able, by his own free will, without the grace of God, to move himself unto justice in His sight."
 
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If you read Chapter 4 in the same context as Chapter 5 one comes to the logical conclusion that the Church was condemning the notion that people did not have to follow through on actual graces received and pursue sanctifying grace (which justifies the soul) in the sacrament of baptism. Condemning that they could just sit back and let the actual grace, which is called desire, "sanctify" their immortal soul. The Council did not want people falling into this heresy and thus losing their souls because of it.

The two dogmatic citations above state that "Neither is man himself utterly without doing anything ... and that he must be "freely assenting to and co-operating with that said grace" to do something -- to pursue the sanctifying grace of water baptism.
 
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The heresy of man being able to redeem himself by his own actions, such as the action of "desire" alone without following the required actions commanded by the Church, is condemned in the following De Fide Dogma:

Catholic De Fide Dogma, Section III, God the Redeemer, Dogma 17 >
"Fallen man cannot redeem himself."

The word "redemption" means that Heaven is re-opened for the souls of men (after Original Sin closed it). Men have to apply the redemption to their souls in the one way which God prescribes, the Catholic Faith. The redemption (the re-opening of Heaven) does not apply to anyone who is not baptized in water to remit Original Sin.

If Original Sin could be remitted by "baptism of desire" (which it cannot) that would mean that men could redeem themselves by their own actions (his "desire") and not submit to the manner of remitting Original Sin which is specified by God -- water baptism.

Don't the heresies of "baptism of desire" and "baptism of blood" always go together ... like "Satan and evil" and "fire and Hell"?

Where is the ever present "baptism of blood" heresy in the above corrupting of Trent, Session 6, Chapter 4 by the Vatican-2-ists ... surely the Vatican-2 heretics could have pulled "baptism of blood" out of this Catholic decree somehow ... probably just an oversight by the Vatican-2-ists.

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