To: Mad Dawg
May a layperson baptize in emergency?I can't conceive of a need for an emergency (water) baptism...
After Philip led the Ethiopian to Jesus, the Ethiopian was immediately filled with the Holy Spirit (spiritual baptism)...Philip never asked or suggested the Ethiopian needed to get wet for his salvation to kick in...And Philip may never have baptized the Ethiopian had the Ethiopian not asked for it...
200 posted on
01/04/2010 6:59:01 PM PST by
Iscool
(I don't understand all that I know...)
To: Iscool
Well, the passage from the WCF seemed to indicate that though baptizing doesn't regenerate, it's still really bad to diss it. So maybe proper respecting of it might include Baptism in extremis. What do I know?
Thanks for your answer, though. I'm getting the flavor. Did you note the WCF called Baptism a "sacrament?" Wowsers!
212 posted on
01/04/2010 7:13:58 PM PST by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: Iscool
I can't conceive of a need for an emergency (water) baptism...
What more needs to be said then?
218 posted on
01/04/2010 7:23:04 PM PST by
narses
('in an odd way this is cheering news!'.)
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