Posted on 05/15/2010 6:36:24 AM PDT by markomalley
**Eucaminical**
Huh?
**Eucaminical**
Never could spell
Stupid, Insufficient Brain
In the absence of a priest or deacon, any lay Catholic has the right to baptise a dying man
Actually anyone can baptise in cases of necessity, even if they are not Catholic, or Christian in any way. I have to admit that I have always been a bit baffled by this fact.
Can even hear a confession, but cannot offer absolution.
I assume that the person, if adult, being baptized has requested it. But since God Himself has commanded it, the act has the desired effect more or less as dropping a stone results in it hitting the ground.
There are various interpretations
to John 20:23 and Matthew 16:19...
Not all of them are are in agreement with this declaration
This teaching is at the core of the Protestant and Catholic
"disagreement" of the specific calling of the Priesthood
I doubt that this forum is the proper host for this issue
I think this is the Catholic doctrine.
As to the priesthood of all believers, one has to start by accepting Luther’s rejection of ordination as a sacrament. Still not clear why since for him a sacrament was something by God’s command, and his ordination of the disciples seems clear enough, and the early Church puts great stock in authority.
God in His Infinite Wisdom is allowing the heresy of Calvinism to Darwin itself (!!!) out of existence. As in many things (including Communism), the United States of America is the last holdout remnant of odious and oppressive beliefs.
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