==Protestants on Baptism==
[[Martin Luther]] placed a great importance on baptism. Luther states in ''The Large Catechism''' of 1529 AD,
:"To put it most simply, the power, effect, benefit, fruit, and purpose of Baptism is to save. No one is baptized in order to become a prince, but as the words say, to 'be saved.' To be saved, we know, is nothing else than to be delivered from sin, death, and the devil and to enter into the kingdom of Christ and live with him forever."