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According to Catholic doctrine, baptism into Christ removes entirely from the individual soul the inherited defect of the original sin of the whole collective human race descended from Adam and the individually personal guilt of all sins personally committed before being baptized. Thus the effect of sin and its removal is not merely ''juridical'' as a legal decision exonerating the guilty by a decree of [[amnesty]]. In an absolute reality affecting the whole person, the removal of sin through the blood of Christ in baptism is instead ''[[Ontology|ontological]]'', affecting the very being of the individual soul, the "creature" itself, as the cure of a deadly disease is a real healing of the whole physical body, the image of which in the New Testament was the cleansing of leprosy by Christ and the apostles ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+9%3A2-8&version=NRSVCE Matthew 9:2-8]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A13&version=NRSVCE Mark 6:13]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+5%3A14-16&version=NRSVCE Acts 5:14-16]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+19%3A11&version=NRSVCE 19:11]). The defiling disease is removed.  

According to Catholic doctrine, baptism into Christ removes entirely from the individual soul the inherited defect of the original sin of the whole collective human race descended from Adam and the individually personal guilt of all sins personally committed before being baptized. Thus the effect of sin and its removal is not merely ''juridical'' as a legal decision exonerating the guilty by a decree of [[amnesty]]. In an absolute reality affecting the whole person, the removal of sin through the blood of Christ in baptism is instead ''[[Ontology|ontological]]'', affecting the very being of the individual soul, the "creature" itself, as the cure of a deadly disease is a real healing of the whole physical body, the image of which in the New Testament was the cleansing of leprosy by Christ and the apostles ([https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+9%3A2-8&version=NRSVCE Matthew 9:2-8]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A13&version=NRSVCE Mark 6:13]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+5%3A14-16&version=NRSVCE Acts 5:14-16]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+19%3A11&version=NRSVCE 19:11]). The defiling disease is removed.  

:"Therefore if any man ''be'' in Christ, ''he is'' a '''new creature''': old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV, ''boldface emphasis added.) <br> "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a '''new creature'''." (Galatians 6:15 KJV, ''boldface emphasis added'')

:"Therefore if any man ''be'' in Christ, ''he is'' a '''new creature''': old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV, ''boldface emphasis added.) <br> "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a '''new creature'''." (Galatians 6:15 KJV, ''boldface emphasis added'')

A legal declaration of amnesty cannot cure the physical being of the guilty carrier of a deadly disease, only the medicine of the practicing physician administered properly can do that. Sin is not merely covered up,<ref>[http://www.judev3.co.uk/1SinsCoveredOrGone.htm '''Sins - Covered or Gone?''' (judev3.co.uk)]. A modern [[analogy]] is the famous case of "Typhoid Mary". See [https://www.thoughtco.com/typhoid-mary-1779179 Biography of Typhoid Mary, Who Spread Infection in 1900s].</ref> as in the sacrifices of the old covenant, which cannot take away sins, as the author of [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A1-22&version=NRSVCE Hebrews 10:1-22] clearly says, but is in reality washed away, removed, according to [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ephesians/5-26.htm Ephesians 5:25-27] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/hebrews/10-22.htm Hebrews 10:22] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_peter/1-9.htm 2 Peter 1:9]; see [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/acts/22-16.htm Acts 22:16]. <br>All that remains is the leftover temporal damage caused by the disease of sin. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+6-8&version=NRSVCE Romans 6–8]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+4%3A16-5%3A4&version=NRSVCE 2&nbsp;Corinthians 4:16–5:4]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15%3A42-54&version=NRSVCE 1&nbsp;Corinthians 15:42-54]. According to the doctrine of the Catholic Church, those leftover temporal defects afflicting reconciled sinners who have been forgiven in Christ, remaining defects which they have not yet in justice fully rectified and overcome by grace-filled virtue during life on earth, will be purged away afterward to fully cleanse them of all unrighteousness in preparation for their entrance into heaven. Included is the doctrine that not all sins are fatal, as in [http://biblehub.com/john/19-11.htm John 19:11] and [http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-17.htm 1&nbsp;John 5:17].

A legal declaration of amnesty cannot cure the physical being of the guilty carrier of a deadly disease, only the medicine of the practicing physician administered properly can do that. Sin is not merely covered up,<ref>[http://www.judev3.co.uk/1SinsCoveredOrGone.htm '''Sins - Covered or Gone?''' (judev3.co.uk)]. A modern [[analogy]] is the famous case of "Typhoid Mary". See [https://www.thoughtco.com/typhoid-mary-1779179 Biography of Typhoid Mary, Who Spread Typhoid in Early 1900s: The sad story of a woman responsible for several typhoid outbreaks].</ref> as in the sacrifices of the old covenant, which cannot take away sins, as the author of [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+10%3A1-22&version=NRSVCE Hebrews 10:1-22] clearly says, but is in reality washed away, removed, according to [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ephesians/5-26.htm Ephesians 5:25-27] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/hebrews/10-22.htm Hebrews 10:22] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_peter/1-9.htm 2 Peter 1:9]; see [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/acts/22-16.htm Acts 22:16]. <br>All that remains is the leftover temporal damage caused by the disease of sin. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+6-8&version=NRSVCE Romans 6–8]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+4%3A16-5%3A4&version=NRSVCE 2&nbsp;Corinthians 4:16–5:4]; [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15%3A42-54&version=NRSVCE 1&nbsp;Corinthians 15:42-54]. According to the doctrine of the Catholic Church, those leftover temporal defects afflicting reconciled sinners who have been forgiven in Christ, remaining defects which they have not yet in justice fully rectified and overcome by grace-filled virtue during life on earth, will be purged away afterward to fully cleanse them of all unrighteousness in preparation for their entrance into heaven. Included is the doctrine that not all sins are fatal, as in [http://biblehub.com/john/19-11.htm John 19:11] and [http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-17.htm 1&nbsp;John 5:17].

According to Catholic doctrine, baptized infants and babies who have died innocent of personal sin are saved and enter immediately into heaven. Those who die in the womb or who have not been baptized before death took them, are commended to God, who alone knows what they would have done if they had lived to hear the Gospel, and whether in their souls and hearts they were resisting or not resisting the saving grace of salvation poured out on all the world through Jesus Christ alone. Their salvation can be assured by what is called, "baptism of desire", God knowing whether or not in their souls they would have been personally willing to do his will, whatever it is; and therefore the grace of baptism by the blood of Christ is imputed to them by the mercy of God, "who is not willing that any should perish" 2&nbsp;Peter 3:9. This "baptism of desire" is called an "extraordinary" means of salvation,<ref>Also "baptism of blood". See [https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/baptism-of-desire Baptism of Desire, Jimmy Akin (catholic.com)]<br> See also [http://www.newadvent.org/summa/4068.htm#article2 Summa Theologica iii:'''68:2'''], [http://www.newadvent.org/summa/4066.htm#article2 cf iii:'''66:1-2'''] - ''in other words,'' Summa Theologica: Third Part (''Tertia Pars''): 68:2, (cf ''compare'') Third Part (''Tertia Pars'') 66:1-2 - The Catholic Encyclopedia Text of Summa Theologica: Part III: Question 68:2, and Part III: Question 66:1-2. (newadvent.org)</ref> provided by God, baptism by water and the word being the ordinary means of salvation ordained by God through Christ by the Holy Spirit for all mankind, including baptism unto salvation of those the Gospel of Luke 18:15 calls '''βρέφη''' ''brephe'', "an unborn or a newborn child, infant, babe, child in arms", innocent children not yet able to walk.

According to Catholic doctrine, baptized infants and babies who have died innocent of personal sin are saved and enter immediately into heaven. Those who die in the womb or who have not been baptized before death took them, are commended to God, who alone knows what they would have done if they had lived to hear the Gospel, and whether in their souls and hearts they were resisting or not resisting the saving grace of salvation poured out on all the world through Jesus Christ alone. Their salvation can be assured by what is called, "baptism of desire", God knowing whether or not in their souls they would have been personally willing to do his will, whatever it is; and therefore the grace of baptism by the blood of Christ is imputed to them by the mercy of God, "who is not willing that any should perish" 2&nbsp;Peter 3:9. This "baptism of desire" is called an "extraordinary" means of salvation,<ref>Also "baptism of blood". See [https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/baptism-of-desire Baptism of Desire, Jimmy Akin (catholic.com)]<br> See also [http://www.newadvent.org/summa/4068.htm#article2 Summa Theologica iii:'''68:2'''], [http://www.newadvent.org/summa/4066.htm#article2 cf iii:'''66:1-2'''] - ''in other words,'' Summa Theologica: Third Part (''Tertia Pars''): 68:2, (cf ''compare'') Third Part (''Tertia Pars'') 66:1-2 - The Catholic Encyclopedia Text of Summa Theologica: Part III: Question 68:2, and Part III: Question 66:1-2. (newadvent.org)</ref> provided by God, baptism by water and the word being the ordinary means of salvation ordained by God through Christ by the Holy Spirit for all mankind, including baptism unto salvation of those the Gospel of Luke 18:15 calls '''βρέφη''' ''brephe'', "an unborn or a newborn child, infant, babe, child in arms", innocent children not yet able to walk.