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To: FourtySeven

"3. Anglican - Believe baptism is an effectual means of salvation"

I'd be curious where you get this because it isn't even true for TEC, which is probably the least orthodox arm of Anglicanism. It is universally held by Anglicans that at least Baptism and the repeated reception of the Eucharist are required of all to have the opportunity of salvation.

You might gain some insight into Anglican belief and practice (lex orandi, lex credendi) if you found a 1928 BCP and read through it. Notice that there are official forms for baptism, confirmation, matrimony, holy orders, communion of the sick and for burial and the Eucharist there. Note that the Eucharist is the first of the sacramental forms to be incorporated as one reads through the text, after the Offices of daily devotions (Morning and Evening Prayer).

It would seem to me that such a Book implies that those worshippers using it are instructed throughout their lives to organize their faithful and worshipping lives around these rites and that they are paramount for worshipping in common. In such a circumstance, baptism becomes the entryway for the pilgimage to salvation, not the terminus.

God bless you richly.


585 posted on 03/15/2007 4:26:14 AM PDT by BelegStrongbow (www.stjosephssanford.org: Ecce Pactum, id cape aut id relinque)
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586 posted on 03/15/2007 4:35:48 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: BelegStrongbow
"3. Anglican - Believe baptism is an effectual means of salvation"

I'd be curious where you get this because it isn't even true for TEC, which is probably the least orthodox arm of Anglicanism. It is universally held by Anglicans that at least Baptism and the repeated reception of the Eucharist are required of all to have the opportunity of salvation.

Ok, I'm not sure how your statement differs from mine, IOW, "required for salvation", "effectual means of salvation", to me, say the same thing. But I'll agree with your sentence, it still doesn't affect my list in any way that I can see.

To answer your question directly, here is where I got my info on that particular topic.

By baptism in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, a person is made one with Christ and received into the fellowship of the Church. This sacrament of initiation is open to children as well as to adults.

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607 posted on 03/15/2007 8:59:58 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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