06-12-2008, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Daniel Ritchie  For a baptism to be valid it must have all of the following:
1. By water and in the name of the Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
2. Be performed by a minister of the gospel in an orthodox Protestant church (i.e. the visible church of Christ).
Irregularities which do not render a baptism invalid:
1. An ungodly minister.
2. Non-Christian parents of the child.
3. The wrong mode of baptism. |
Daniel, isn't your statement 2 (under must have all of the following) in conflict with statement 1 (under Irregularities)?
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