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According to Catholic doctrine, baptism into Christ removes entirely the inherited defect of the original sin of the whole human race descended from Adam and of the 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 is the cure of a deadly disease 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 the inherited defect of the original sin of the whole human race descended from Adam and of the 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 is the cure of a deadly disease 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 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)]</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].

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)]</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].

==See also==

==See also==