Acts 16:15 (WEB)
When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.
Catechism · 2
“The apostles and their collaborators offer Baptism to anyone who believed in Jesus: Jews, the God-fearing, pagans.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 2:41; 8:12-13; 10:48; 16:15.
“There is explicit testimony to this practice from the second century on, and it is quite possible that, from the beginning of the apostolic preaching, when whole "households" received baptism, infants may also have been baptized.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 16:15, 33; 18:8; 1 Cor 1:16; CDF, instruction, Pastoralis actio: AAS 72 (1980) 1137-1156.
Fathers and councils · 1
“Hear, for instance, the seller of purple saying, “If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come in, and abide with me.”” — editor's note: Acts xvi. 15. [Two mss. have a reading more exactly agreeing with the New Testament text.—R.]
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Cited together in Catechism §1252.
Cited together in Catechism §1252.
Cited together in Catechism §1226.
Cited together in Catechism §1226.
Cited together in Catechism §1226.
Cited together in Catechism §1226.
Cited together in Catechism §1226.