Scott1
Puritanboard Commissioner
Do our Confessions teach that present generation baptisms by the Roman church are valid christian baptisms, to be administered but once?
This particularly in light of the requirements upon those who administer them, according to our confessional summary of doctrine (see below).
It would be helpful to hear from those with a theological background.
This needs to be handled with care and charity. I would like to focus in this thread on reasoning and explanation rather than a back-and-forth debate. A lot of people are trying to understand this.
Westminster Confession (emphasis added)
London Baptist Confession 1689 (emphasis added)
This particularly in light of the requirements upon those who administer them, according to our confessional summary of doctrine (see below).
It would be helpful to hear from those with a theological background.
This needs to be handled with care and charity. I would like to focus in this thread on reasoning and explanation rather than a back-and-forth debate. A lot of people are trying to understand this.
Westminster Confession (emphasis added)
Chapter XXVII
Of the Sacraments
IV. There are only two sacraments ordained by Christ our Lord in the Gospel; that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord: neither of which may be dispensed by any, but by a minister of the Word lawfully ordained.[10]
London Baptist Confession 1689 (emphasis added)
Chapter 28: Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper
2._____ These holy appointments are to be administered by those only who are qualified and thereunto called, according to the commission of Christ.
( Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 4:1 )