Saint John the Baptist, fresco by Pinturicchio, 1504-05;in the chapel of St. John Baptist, the cathedral of Siena, Italy
SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #76
Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan: And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. (Matt. 3:5-6)
THE BAPTISM OF JOHN WAS NOT A SACRAMENT, and could not effect any purification or sanctification. It was only designed to admonish men that they needed inward purifying from sins, and must prepare themselves for it by true contrition. It was at the same time a type of Christian Baptism, by which men are cleansed and sanctified through the Holy Ghost.
THE BAPTISM OF JOHN WAS NOT A SACRAMENT, and could not effect any purification or sanctification. It was only designed to admonish men that they needed inward purifying from sins, and must prepare themselves for it by true contrition. It was at the same time a type of Christian Baptism, by which men are cleansed and sanctified through the Holy Ghost.
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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