Does Matthew 28:20 really guarantee that the early Christian Church would not go a stray?

[RebeccaJ]

Bertrand Conway wrote:

“Catholics admit that immersion brings out more fully the meaning of the Sacrament (Rom. vi, 3, 4; Col. ii.12; Tit. iii. 5; Eph. v. 27 [sic — 26], and that for twelve centuries it was the common practice” (The Question Box, San Francisco: Catholic Truth Society, 1929, p. 240).

Another Catholic scholar, J.J. Ignatius Dollinger, wrote that in the early church baptism was “by immersion of the whole person, which is the only meaning of the New Testament word. A mere pouring or sprinkling was never thought of” (The First Age of Christianity and of the Church (London, 1887, Vol. II, p. 183).

Forum rules are, that you should include the source when you copy/paste info from others.

christiancourier.com/articles/446-does-ezekiel-36-25-prophesy-sprinkling

Quoting an obscure website that quotes an obscure German scholar, does not constitute study. There is no way for anyone, including yourself, to verify the claims made in the article you took your quotes from.

 

[eddie_too]

if the LDS were the restoration of Christ’s original Church that failed soon after His Ascension, how soon can we expect this LDS restoration to fail?

also, why restore something that failed in the first place?