We can argue if baptism itself or the intention of the Church to baptize is efficacious, but my point is not that the faithful never receive the Holy Ghost, but rather that when they do, it comes from the Apostles, St. Peter is this instance, and therefore from the Church.
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Hmmmmm . . .
So, Christ came and died, shedding His Blood horribly so that we might have DIRECT UNFETTERED, UNHINDERED ACCESS TO DADDY.
And Christ then sent Holy Spirit to continue to facilitate WITHIN all such believers that DIRECT ACCESS WITH DADDY.
Yet, Roman doctrine contends that HS insists on their functioning as . . . well . . . not a middle man . .
a middle what . . . a, a, a, . . .
a bureaucratic fossilized MIDDLE-EDIFICE of cold lichen encrusted stones and of contentious factions pretending to be a homogeneous mass over many centuries but actually being a mess of contending political factions warring even with spears and arrows when the weapons of our warfare are not to be carnal???
And this is PROGRESS?
I fail to catch a glimmer of God being that foolish anywhere in reality and certainly anywhere in reality.
Take a deep breath. That part is not in the scripture anywhere.