Regarding the necessity of baptism and the good thief, the short answer is that while baptism is normative for salvation, God is not bound by the Sacraments.
God desires the salvation of all and baptism was physically impossible in this case.
1,127 posted on 05/05/2015 1:49:27 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
Regarding the necessity of baptism and the good thief, the short answer is that while baptism is normative for salvation, God is not bound by the Sacraments.
Infallible source on this ??
1,132 posted on 05/05/2015 2:09:13 PM PDT by RnMomof7