The Enchiridion 42

St Augustine of Hippo (AD 354–430) · De fide spe et charitate · PL 40, 230–290

42 The Sacrament of Baptism Indicates Our Death with Christ to Sin, and Our Resurrection with Him to Newness of Life PL 40, 253

And this is the meaning of the great sacrament of baptism which is solemnized among us, that all who attain to this grace should die to sin, as He is said to have died to sin, because He died in the flesh, which is the likeness of sin; and rising from the font regenerate, as He arose alive from the grave, should begin a new life in the Spirit, whatever may be the age of the body?

Baptismus datur, ut moriamur, et reviviscamus. Ipsum est quod in nobis celebratur, magnum Baptismatis sacramentum, ut quicumque ad istam pertinent gratiam, moriantur peccato, sicut ipse peccato mortuus dicitur, quia mortuus est carni, hoc est, peccati similitudini: et vivant a lavacro renascendo, sicut ipse a sepulcro resurgendo, quamlibet corporis aetatem gerant.

Philip Schaff (ed.), Buffalo/New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886-1889. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series). Latin: Migne, Patrologia Latina (1844-1855), public domain; transcription from Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).