catholic baptisms aren’t biblical baptisms anyways. doesn’t mean anything to babies that can’t remember it.
A person comes to Christ through his love and the workings of the Holy Spirit entering that person.
1 word does not change that love.
“Hee hee hee!” thinks God, “THAT word wasn’t right, I’m off the hook! I don’t have to accept the baptism!”
Baptism creates a permanent “mark on the soul” according to contemporary Catholic belief. Once baptized as a Catholic, that mark can not be removed. It creates certain moral responsibilities.
There is no magic incantation that makes a baptism valid or invalid.
G-d is not moved by special binding magic words.
A child is the lord’s until they mature outside of the age of innocence, at that point the will have a chance to come to the Lord in their life. If they choose to do so baptism is nothing more than a ceremony where in they commit themselves as a public act to our Lord.
Their salvation comes for Christ and Christ alone and is achieved when they bow / submit and accept Him into their life. His grace is sufficient enough.
I think it’s more important what name you are baptized in, than the pronoun used to refer to the baptizer.
Isn’t this Donatism? Wasn’t this hashed out 1500 years ago?
The only persons that should use the word “we” is a woman with child or man with a tapeworm.
Mark Twain.
What about forgiveness? Why is he resigning? Forced out? The satnic church is gearing up and the Catholic church is losing priests.
Humans think a little too highly of themselves.
WOW..didn’t know GOD was a lawyer.
I would caution everyone not to treat the Bible as a book of magic spells.
I would also caution everyone about treating traditional Christian acts such as baptism and communion as a ritual.
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me.”
We’d be wise to seek Jesus with our hearts for salvation and maintain a daily fellowship with Him. Baptism won’t save you. Communion won’t save you.
Repenting of your sins to Jesus for forgiveness and welcoming Him into your heart saves you. Living a daily walk with Him saves you.
God bless you all.
The problem with religion is that too many people treat it as a superstition.
Understand the original purpose and meaning of baptism in scripture and the catholic dogma that has added through the centuries blows my mind. For instance, illegitimate babies were not baptised unless the mother named the father during the middle ages. Also, as recently as the 19th century, no baby was baptised during Lent.
Such an obsession with the “community” in the post-Vatican II Church. The arrogance of this priest: I know better than the Church, I’m smarter than Her.
“”he incorrectly performed thousands of baptisms for decades by changing one word.””
Decades? And it came to light just now - why?
It is NOT some magic incantation. God is a judge of the heart.
BUT INFANT baptism is not biblical. It is ineffective because the infant has made no choice.
We = the Holy Trinity
Act 19:3 “Then what baptism did you experience?” he asked..........
Read the above and let your lips move. What baptism? A very good question for us to ask as well as what Paul asked.
Now go read it in context.
Read it slowly, repeatedly, and outloud and let God speak on the matter.......................................