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Originally Posted by Daniel Ritchie  Quote:
Originally Posted by Presbyterian Deacon Quote:
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. |
Then again I will call you on this Daniel. If you believe this error, then none of us have been baptized by a lawfully ordained, whatever that means, minister since the rcc laid hands on all the first gen reformers. And please do not go to trent became the deciding line of this. I think Greco played that card, but alas, my straight beats them there pair of dueces..