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To: Gamecock; Morgana
Presbyterian Church (USA). Presbyterian in church governance only. That being said, it seems like just a couple weeks ago Catholics were high fiving each other over closer relations with apostate, liberal denominations.

February 24, 2013 to be exact:
Protestant Denominations, Catholics Sign Ecumenical ‘Mutual Recognition of Baptism’ Agreement

Austin, Texas – Leaders from several Protestant denominations met with representatives from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops last night to sign an ecumenical document agreeing to recognize each other’s baptisms. The document, entitled “These Living Waters: Common Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Baptism,” has been approximately four years in the making. The Presbyterian Church USA was reportedly the first to deliberate the move, followed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops....The Common Agreement was signed last night in Austin, Texas by members of both the Presbyterian Church USA and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as the Christian Reformed Church of North America, the Reformed Church of America and the United Church of Christ.

12 posted on 03/22/2013 7:03:08 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all" - Isaiah 7:9)
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To: Alex Murphy; Gamecock; Morgana
That particular "agreement" may be news, but that docrine concerning Baptism isn't new at all. Any Baptism with the proper matter (flowing water) and the proper words ("I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit") and the proper intention (the intent to "do what the Church does, in obedience to Christ") is recognized as a true Baptism no matter what Christian Church it is administered in.

(With the exception of the LDS and the Jehovah's Wtnesses, IIRC, because they do not believe in the Trinity and thus their Baptism cannot, by definition, be intended to be baptism in the name of the Trinity.)

In fact, any person, even a non-baptized person, can administer baptism in the case of an emergency, e.g. a military medic baptizing his mortally wounded fellow soldier, at the dying man's request.

It's in the Catechism. They could have looked it up.

25 posted on 03/22/2013 6:53:13 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (In Nomine Patris, et Felii, et Spiritus Sancti.)
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