Confusion on Baptism method!

[sepgs2004]

I am sure many of us would have thought of or talked about this in the past.

I am a Christian Catholic myself and my family. However, all my relatives are of different denominations (Assembly of God, Baptist, Seventh Day, etc., as I mentioned in another thread. My mother also does not attend catholic Mass anymore (though goes to prayers of other churches).

Sometimes, I encounter with some Pastors, who visits my home, asking me to take or consider taking Baptism immersed in water. Argument goes in favor of such Baptism using verses of the Bible. They also directly or indirectly claim that Catholic way of baptism is not valid (per Bible).

I am not the arguing type. Recently, I expressed a Pastor that I believe in the Baptism that I received from the Catholic Church. I also mentioned to him that I will pray to God for wisdom on that. If I am revealed through Holy Spirit about such Baptism, I will take one.

Do anyone had similar experience?

Does anyone know any authentic, historic and genuine reasons or articles, explaining why Catholic Church has done Baptism by pouring little bit of Holy Water (instead of immersing the person in a tub or pool of water)?

Thanks

 

[Dorothy]

I am sure many of us would have thought of or talked about this in the past.

I am a Christian Catholic myself and my family. However, all my relatives are of different denominations (Assembly of God, Baptist, Seventh Day, etc., as I mentioned in another thread. My mother also does not attend catholic Mass anymore (though goes to prayers of other churches).

Sometimes, I encounter with some Pastors, who visits my home, asking me to take or consider taking Baptism immersed in water. Argument goes in favor of such Baptism using verses of the Bible. They also directly or indirectly claim that Catholic way of baptism is not valid (per Bible).

I am not the arguing type. Recently, I expressed a Pastor that I believe in the Baptism that I received from the Catholic Church. I also mentioned to him that I will pray to God for wisdom on that. If I am revealed through Holy Spirit about such Baptism, I will take one.

Do anyone had similar experience?

Does anyone know any authentic, historic and genuine reasons or articles, explaining why Catholic Church has done Baptism by pouring little bit of Holy Water (instead of immersing the person in a tub or pool of water)?

Thanks

Here is the Didache, writings of the early Church. Scroll down to Chapter 7 - Baptism.

newadvent.org/fathers/0714.htm

 

[Dorothy]

All the methods described in the Didache are valid.

Some new Catholic Churches are including an area for full immersion, but it is not necessary for a valid Baptism.

 

[lssanjose]

It may not be a question of validity, but a question of spiritual/theological significance. Immersion provides that significance of dying old self, and being adopted into the family of Christ.

 

[coachdennis]

I am sure many of us would have thought of or talked about this in the past.

I am a Christian Catholic myself and my family. However, all my relatives are of different denominations (Assembly of God, Baptist, Seventh Day, etc., as I mentioned in another thread. My mother also does not attend catholic Mass anymore (though goes to prayers of other churches).

Sometimes, I encounter with some Pastors, who visits my home, asking me to take or consider taking Baptism immersed in water. Argument goes in favor of such Baptism using verses of the Bible. They also directly or indirectly claim that Catholic way of baptism is not valid (per Bible).

I am not the arguing type. Recently, I expressed a Pastor that I believe in the Baptism that I received from the Catholic Church. I also mentioned to him that I will pray to God for wisdom on that. If I am revealed through Holy Spirit about such Baptism, I will take one.

Do anyone had similar experience?

Does anyone know any authentic, historic and genuine reasons or articles, explaining why Catholic Church has done Baptism by pouring little bit of Holy Water (instead of immersing the person in a tub or pool of water)?

Thanks

You do not have the argue. Simply say, “Reverend, I am already baptized. into the only, holy, catholic, apostolic church” End of discussion. If they insist on discussing it further, excuse yourself and leave the room.

 

[englishredrose]

Sometimes Baptism is confused with membership of that specific church even within the christian denomination. They want you to get baptised, usually full immersion because that is how they determine that you are a full member of that denomination. As a Catholic if you are already Baptised whether full immersion or sprinking etc then you are Baptised and a Member of the Lords Family and strictly you do not need to be done again, certainly for any other Catholic church say if you moved area then that priest would accept you have already gone through Baptism and I believe that if you came over to the Anglican Church most priests would say that you already been Baptised. Because we don’t use Baptism as a membership thing to that specific church. In fact most priests be extremely cautious about doing you again as I am given to understand they could actually be given warnings by the Bishop for acting out of order for doing another Baptism unless you have given good reason for wanting to be redone.

So my advice to you as already been said on here to you would be simply to explain that you have already been Baptised through the Catholic Church and as pointed out if the pastor continues to insist, simply leave because the pastor really does not know the true meaning of Baptism. He is seeing it as a membership to the club/church rather than membership to the Lords’ family of which you are already a member of. So you can gentle point out to the Pastor that having been baptised through the Catholic Church it be wrong for you to proceed with full immersion baptism because you already been ‘done’ once and it be pointless to be done again because you are still currently active in the church so don’t need to renew anything and would be just going through with it for ceremony sake and ask the pastor, if that is a valid reason to go through with it, for the sake of ceremony since you are already a member of the Lords’ Family. Ask the Pastor what it means to him that you have another Baptism? They are all perfectly valid forms but why go through with it when you are already through with it as in you are already Baptised?

They may say that the Catholic Baptism is not valid because it don’t give you membership to their church and that is how they see it. Membership to their church rather than membership to the Lords’ Family. Just as if any of their people went over to Catholics the Catholic Church would possibly depending on the priest, expect them to be entered through Catholic Baptism so its a bit of swings and roundabouts there unless had a good knowledgeable priest who did accept the baptism as already being done and strictly it has been done as Christian Baptism is really about entering into the Lords’ Family rather than entry into specific denominations but it does tend to get used in misguided ways unless have a priest/pastor/church elder etc who really sure of his stuff per se.

I wonder what gets thrown back at me and hope you take time out to read it though first and ask me rather than tell me I am wrong I don’t mean to offend