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Does the Church have an official teaching as to whether baptisms conducted by Arian priests and bishops were valid or invalid? What about the so-called “semi-Arians?”
 
ChristIsTheWay said:
Does the Church have an official teaching as to whether baptisms conducted by Arian priests and bishops were valid or invalid? What about the so-called “semi-Arians?”
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From the Orthodox who have a Saint Constantine, who was the Emperor of Constantinople, who was baptized by an Arian priest on his death bed.

The Catholic church recognizes the validity of the baptism, and does not consider the Orthodox’s emperor from constantinople as a Saint, but a good man who removed the 400 year old persecution laws against the Catholic Church since apostolic times.

History records the Orthodox wanting to rebaptize their apostates back into the Church, but the Pope refused this new teaching, and refused re-baptism to anyone once validly baptised.
 
An atheist may baptize, as long as their intent is to accomplish the purpose of the baptism, and as long as it uses the proper matter and form.
 
Well, my question was motivated because the Arian Trinity is not, as I understand it, the same as the orthodox Trinity. It is my understanding that the reason Mormon baptisms are not accepted in the Church is because of the Mormon rejection of the Trinity. I don’t know if the Arians could be accused of rejecting the Trinity but they certainly possessed a different view of the Godhead. I didn’t know if that invalidated their baptisms as it has done to the Mormons.
 
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Well, my question was motivated because the Arian Trinity is not, as I understand it, the same as the orthodox Trinity. It is my understanding that the reason Mormon baptisms are not accepted in the Church is because of the Mormon rejection of the Trinity. I don’t know if the Arians could be accused of rejecting the Trinity but they certainly possessed a different view of the Godhead. I didn’t know if that invalidated their baptisms as it has done to the Mormons.
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And this is the sticking point. If the form and matter of the baptism was correct, then their intention would be the crux of the matter. I would guess that this was the source of the debate.
 
My understanding that the modern day Arians are the Jehovah Witness and the Mormons. :signofcross:
 
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My understanding that the modern day Arians are the Jehovah Witness and the Mormons. :signofcross:
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Jehovas witness, yes. But not Mormons. Mormons teach that the father, son, and holy spirit are one god united in will and purpose, not essence. But this also varies a lot depending on where you go. The Mormon beliefs about god differ dramatically from region to region.
 
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