Roman Catechism 16.96

Chapter 16 — Part II: The Sacraments — Baptism

Section 96. Further Proof Of The First Effect Of Baptism — Should anyone desire a striking figure and image (of the efficacy of Baptism) let him consider the history of Naaman the Syrian leper, of whom the Scriptures inform us that when he had washed seven times in the waters of the Jordan he was so cleansed from his leprosy that his flesh became like the flesh of a child.