I see. The Catholic teaching is that everyone properly baptized (once, with proper disposition of the sponsor, in the name of the Father, the son and the Holy Spirit, and with water touching the forehead) is Catholic at that point. Batpism does not have to be given by a priest.
The Protestants typically fall away form the Church as they do not partake of the sacraments and do not keep the commandments of the Church. Sadly, many of those baptized in the Catohlic Church and who call themselves Catholic fall away similarly.
The Church is always ready to receive her fallen away children. A fallen away Catholic needs a sacramental confession; adults who never knew the teachings of the Church has to participate in the Rites of Christian Initiation of adults.
In short, the perimeter of the Church is baptism.
Ahhhh.
Thanks for the clarification.
Tolerable, I suppose. Though, personally, given the root meaning of the word for baptism . . .
I'm still an immersion guy, myself.