Demonstrate how baptism expresses the beliefs of Christianity.Baptism, the rite of initiation into the Christian community, expresses important beliefs of Christianity, through its ritual and symbols. The pouring water showing it as living water symbolises spiritual rebirth to new life and cleansing from sin, which reflects belief in forgiveness and rebirth from original sin. Immersion symbolises death to an old way of life and rising to a new life following in Christs way, which expresses the central belief in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. St Paul wrote of having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through faith (1 Colossians 2:12). Another important rite, the changing into white robe, symbolises the putting on of the new life in Christ, which demonstrates the renouncing of sin and changing in a positive way to live the life of the Spirit. It expresses that the individual is cleansed from original sin and signifies a new life. As people are baptised into the Church, the body of Christ, they are able to experience more fully the significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus.