Acts 16:31

The Sacrament of Baptism

• §1226Article 1 · The Sacrament of BaptismRead at vatican.va

  “Always, Baptism is seen as connected with faith: "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household," St. Paul declared to his jailer in Philippi. and the narrative continues, the jailer "was baptized at once, with all his family."” — Catechism footnote: Acts 16:31-33.

The Sacrament of Matrimony

• §1655Article 7 · The Sacrament of MatrimonyRead at vatican.va

  “When they were converted, they desired that "their whole household" should also be saved.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 16:31; Acts 11:14.

• Jerome, Letters Letter 109

  “We read also in the gospel how the Lord spent whole nights in prayer and how the apostles when they were shut up in prison kept vigil all night long, singing their psalms until the earth quaked, and the keeper of the prison believed, and the magistrates and citizens were filled with terror.” — editor's note: Acts xvi. 25–38.

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• Acts 18:8

  Cited together in Catechism §1655.

• Acts 2:38

  Cited together in Catechism §1226.

• Acts 2:41

  Cited together in Catechism §1226.

• Acts 8:12

  Cited together in Catechism §1226.

• Acts 8:13

  Cited together in Catechism §1226.

• Acts 10:48

  Cited together in Catechism §1226.

• Acts 11:14

  Cited together in Catechism §1655.