This came up in Bible study this week - in Acts 8 there are two references to Philip the Deacon baptizing converts. It goes against Presbyterian polity I'm told for deacons to administer sacraments. How do they fit Acts 8 into this?

[Please, people, the thread is in Ecclesiology not Baptism! This is not about paedo-credo, at least not yet!]

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