The Catholic Church should seriously consider whether these baptisms are valid going forward. The intent must be the intent of the Church and removal of the Devil certainly doesn’t seem to be the same intent.
“The Catholic Church should seriously consider whether these baptisms are valid going forward. The intent must be the intent of the Church and removal of the Devil certainly doesn’t seem to be the same intent.”
I agree with you here, this does present a serious theological question regarding the sacrament of baptism, the one sacrament that Rome recognized as valid among all “Protestant Christian confessions” that held correct Trinitarian Doctrine. There were some American Protestants a few years ago what were planning to use Modalist-Functional language in Baptisms, i.e. Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier, etc. and even the US Bishops showed some backbone and stated such Baptisms would be seen by the Catholic Church has “invalid”