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To: Titanites
Anglican baptismal belief is this:

Holy Baptism
Q. What is Holy Baptism?

A. Holy Baptism is the sacrament by which God adopts us as his children and makes us members of Christ's Body, the Church, and inheritors of the kingdom of God.

Q. What is the outward and visible sign in Baptism?

A. The outward and visible sign in Baptism is water, in which the person is baptized in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Q. What is the inward and spiritual grace in Baptism?

A. The inward and spiritual grace in Baptism is union with Christ in his death and resurrection, birth into God's family the Church, forgiveness of sins, and new life in the Holy Spirit.

It is apparent that at least some Protestants, like the Anglicans, believe that the baptism mentioned in the Nicene Creed refers to water baptism. Do all Protestants concur with the above posted Anglican belief about baptism?
Looks to be a fairly Protestant statement.

48 posted on 04/01/2004 10:50:17 AM PST by Quester
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To: Quester
Looks to be a fairly Protestant statement.

This looks to be a bit of a waffle. Do all Protestant denominations believe in regenerative water baptism? What denomination are you?

50 posted on 04/01/2004 11:07:59 AM PST by Titanites (DN IHS CHS REX REGNANTIUM)
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To: Quester
Looks to be a fairly Protestant statement.

But it refers to water baptism, not the "baptism" that you earlier mentioned.

Is it OK to say that we agree on the creeds if we don't agree what they mean?

Let's not even get into what we both think "the communion of saints" means. ;-)

SD

52 posted on 04/01/2004 11:24:18 AM PST by SoothingDave
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