Baptism for the dead...

[SoonerServant]

Regarding 1 Cor. 15:29->. Was this a practice or simply a metaphor Paul was using.

 

[dbacks5439]

Regarding 1 Cor. 15:29->. Was this a practice or simply a metaphor Paul was using.

a practice. he was Jewish after all

 

[SoonerServant]

Paul was Jewish?

jk

Are Catholics baptized for the dead?

 

[dbacks5439]

As infants? No.

 

[Randy_Carson]

Are Catholics baptized for the dead?

No. That is a Mormon thing.

 

[dbacks5439]

In this passage, Paul is using miscellaneous christian practices that would be null and void if the Resurrection did/can not happen. If the dead are not raised, why we are baptized for them?

 

[Todd_Easton]

Regarding 1 Cor. 15:29->. Was this a practice or simply a metaphor Paul was using.

Opinions vary. See Catholic Encyclopedia article on “Baptism,” Part XIV, Section (9) “Baptism of the Dead.”