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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)? | No, because the minister may be ungodly (not regenerate) and still be lawfully ordained, so that by his confession he is a minister of the gospel in a true church of Christ.
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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)
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