#12364 Are Catechumens Who Died Before Baptism Saved? - Karlo Broussard
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🗓️ 10 September 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Are catechumens who died before receiving baptism saved?” This episode explores the nuances of baptism and salvation, addressing questions such as the implications of a parent’s desire for their children’s baptism, the validity of baptisms outside traditional norms, and the differences between baptism and christening.
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Questions Covered:
- 01:27 – Are catechumens who died before receiving baptism saved? If my wife doesn’t want our children baptized but I do, does my desire for their baptism save them?
- 12:00 – How do you answer Baptism and protestants pointing to Acts 10:47 as evidence for receiving the Holy Spirit before baptism?
- 19:00 – How would you determine whether a baptism is valid outside form, matter and intention? Would the priest contact that particular protestant church?
- 24:45 – What’s the difference between baptism and christening?
- 30:00 – If baptism is valid even if it’s illicit, why would that not apply to marriage?
- 41:07 – Is immersion baptism the correct way of doing it and not sprinkling?
- 45:55 – Council of Florence Session 11 did pronounce that the only remedy for the salvation of children is baptism.
- 50:20 – What’s the difference in receiving the gifts of the Holy Spirit in baptism and confirmation?
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| 0:11.5 | Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome back to Catholic Answers live, Dr. Carla Brousard, our guest for this hour, as he was for last hour, and we're kind of celebrating because he's got a new book out called baptism now saves you we're talking about baptism this hour your calls welcome i'll tell you what |
| 0:43.0 | there's one line just waiting for you if you've got a baptism question if you're catholic if you're |
| 0:47.9 | not catholic whoever you are you're welcome to call with it 888 3187 8884 triple-8-8-8-8-4, 3184, 3187-884. |
| 0:57.8 | Dr. Carla Bursard, author of a whole bunch of books, seven of them, as a matter of fact. |
| 1:02.0 | And now he tackles the question of baptism with this lovely new book. |
| 1:06.8 | There are five lines open, Dr. Bussard. |
| 1:09.8 | We can go to the phones if you're willing right off the bat. |
| 1:13.5 | Let's do it. |
| 1:14.4 | Yes, sir. |
| 1:15.1 | We'll give it a shot. |
| 1:15.9 | All right. |
| 1:16.2 | Straight back to the phones we go. |
| 1:18.6 | I'll go to Utah. |
| 1:19.6 | Williams in Utah watching on YouTube. |
| 1:23.4 | Welcome, William. |
| 1:25.9 | Hello. |
| 1:26.6 | How's it going? |
| 1:27.3 | Very well. |
| 1:28.3 | Good, good. I had a question about believers baptism. |
| 1:33.3 | I actually run an Apologize Club here in Utah at St. Joseph the worker, and so sometimes I, you know, don't have the answers to everything. |
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