Editing Baptism (section)

====Lutheranism====
{{Further|Lutheran sacraments}}
In [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Christianity]], baptism is a sacrament that [[baptismal regeneration|regenerates the soul]].<ref name="Schmid1876">{{cite book |last1=Schmid |first1=Heinrich |title=The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church |date=1876 |publisher=Lutheran Publication Society |page=595 |language=en|quote=By Baptism we are regenerated and renewed; by the Lord's Supper we are fed and nourished unto eternal life. In ''Baptism'', especially that of infants, faith is kindled by the Holy Spirit; in the use of the ''Supper'' it is increased, confirmed, and sealed. By ''Baptism'' we are grafted into Christ; by the ''salutary use of the Lord's Supper'' we receive a spiritual increase in this relation. By ''Baptism'' we are received into the divine covenant; by the ''use of the Eucharist'' we are preserved in it, or, when we fall from it by sins against conscience, we are restored to it by true penitence.}}</ref> Upon one's baptism, one receives the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]] and becomes a part of the church.<ref name="Schmid1876"/> According to Martin Luther's [[Luther's Small Catechism|Small Catechism]], it is the word and command of God "in and with the water" that gives baptism its power, which "works forgiveness of sins, delivers from death and the devil, and gives eternal salvation to all who believe this, as the words and promises of God declare".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Luther |first=Martin |date= |title=The Small Catechism: The Sacrament of Holy Baptism |url=https://bookofconcord.org/small-catechism/the-sacrament-of-holy-baptism/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Book of Concord.org}}</ref> In Lutheran theology, baptism is not viewed as a work that the baptizer performs in obedience to the law, but rather a work of God that is received by faith, which "clings to the water".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Luther |first=Martin |date= |title=The Large Catechism: Holy Baptism |url=https://bookofconcord.org/large-catechism/holy-baptism/ |access-date=9 April 2024 |website=Book of Concord.org}}</ref>