Been telling him all along that the Pope and I agree on a lot of things ~ one of them is that we have each been properly baptised ~
“Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do.”
Ya hear that, Cronos?
After repenting of my sins and accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior I was baptised by my Pastor in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Whether any given church accepts this baptism or not is totally irrelevant to me. That Jesus accepts is all that matters - and I know he does.
As a Baptist let me say, “Dunkin’ is the only way”.
What we see in what passes for a catholic church mirrors EXACTLY what is going on in Versailles-on-the-Potomac. Principles mean nothing; go-along-to get-along is the order of the day and they sure don’t want to be excluded from the cocktail circuit.
It is a slippery road to oblivion for both bishops and politicians who one day will be judged on their actions. Scary enough for us common folk, much less those who have great responsibilities.
While the Catholics accept Baptist baptisms, it’s not necessarily the other way around. This is because of the Baptist doctrine of adult baptism. In theory, the Catholic rite of confirmation is the equivalent of Baptist baptism. Conversely, while Baptists don’t have a sacrament of infant baptism, Baptist churches usually have some kind of ceremony in which the parents pledge to raise the child in the faith and the congregation pledges to help them do so. Jews, analogously, have infant circumcision (dedication to God) and adult bar mitzah (acceptance of the law).
IMHO Jesus was circumcised dedicated on his eighth day, and baptized as an adult, so, that should be the way it is for us.
In 1948, the Holy Office declared that “baptism conferred in the sects of the Disciples of Christ, the Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, [and] Methodists” is “presumed as valid unless in a particular case it is proven to the contrary,” as long as “the necessary matter and form have been used.”
Yup, be careful on that. I've heard of some substituting gender neutral language in baptism. Something along the line of "Parent, Child and..." Eeech. I can't even finish it.
Representatives of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Presbyterian Church-USA, the Christian Reformed Church in North America, the Reformed Church in America, and the United Church of Christ have signed an agreement formally pledging to recognize one another’s baptisms when water and the Trinitarian formula are used.
Interesting group, BTW. Three mainline groups, of Presbyterian/Reformed background, and the ex-conservative CRCNA which is scurrying as fast as it's little legs can take it in mainline liberal direction. (We still get the CRC denominational rag, somehow. It's distressing to watch.)
Being that the Romish side of the equation is the USCCB, how official is this?
...’gimme that old one-world religion’...
“have signed an agreement formally pledging to recognize one another’s baptisms when water and the Trinitarian formula are used. “
As if paperwork is part of the salvation of souls. This is pretty amusing.
As with big government, it always has to be “their way” so they can capture the revenue stream and co-opt God’s promise to their financial benefit.
With this move, they’ve agreed to a Joint-Venture partnership to cross-brand market each others product in hopes of growing the customer base to each of the JV members benefit.
Somewhere in there is concern for the souls, which may or may not actually be genuine.