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give honor to Jesus Christ, His Son, and give honor to the Holy Spirit, the Comforter. In whose name and power I command you, whoever you are, unclean spirit, that you depart and withdraw from this servant of God, N., whom today God and our Lord Jesus Christ has deigned to call by His gift to His grace and blessing and to the font of baptism, so that she may become His temple through the water of regeneration for the remission of all sins. In the name of the same Lord our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall come to judge the living and the dead.
¶ Then the priest spits upon his left hand and dips the thumb of his right hand into the spittle, and with this thumb let him make a cross on the infant's right ear and say: Ephphatha original: "Effeta", which is to say, be opened. ¶ Then let him say at the nostrils: Into the odor of sweetness. Then into the left ear and say: But you, be put to flight, O Devil, for the judgment of God shall draw near.
Then the priest enters the church and blesses the font if it is not blessed, as below. If it is blessed, he shall approach the baptistery and, in the presence of the child and the godparents, ask the name and say: N., do you renounce Satan?
And let the godparents say: I renounce. And all his works? Let them say again: I renounce. And all his pomps? Let it be said again: I renounce. Then the priest shall ask the name of the child and say: N., do you believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth? Let the godparents say: I believe.