Is/Was my Baptism Valid?

[MrBibbins]

I’ve been reading bits of the Catechism recently and I’ve come across an excerpt which has me concerned,

1256: The ordinary ministers of Baptism are the bishop and priest and, in the Latin Church, also the deacon. In case of necessity, anyone, even a non-baptized person, with the required intention, can baptize, by using the Trinitarian baptismal formula. The intention required is to will to do what the Church does when she baptizes. The Church finds the reason for this possibility in the universal saving will of God and the necessity of Baptism for salvation.

I was Baptized (Trinitarian Formula) in the Episcopal church last January but I’m starting to be worry whether it was valid or not. At the time of my Baptism I believed that it was only a profession of faith, an “outward symbol of an inner change” and I am almost positive that the administer of the Baptism was of the same belief.

Would the Baptism be valid if my, and the minister’s, intention were not the same as the Church? Should/Can I ask for a conditional Baptism, is that even possible at this point (Being Confirmed at the Easter Vigil)?

 

[Cavaille-Coll]

Episcopalian baptisms are considered valid if they are following their own approved form. If you were baptized with water, by sprinkling or by immersion, and if the priest or minister said “I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” it was a valid baptism. It is not made invalid by your understanding or lack thereof; after all, most people are baptized as infants.

 

[domandcarols]

Your baptism was valid, don’t worry.
God bless you!

 

[joclucsylv]

It was done in the trinitarian formula, so yes it is a valid baptism.

 

[LegoGE1947]

Episcopalian baptisms are considered valid if they are following their own approved form. If you were baptized with water, by sprinkling or by immersion, and if the priest or minister said “I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” it was a valid baptism. It is not made invalid by your understanding or lack thereof; after all, most people are baptized as infants.

I was baptized at an Assembly of God at age 26 after I “accepted Jesus as personal savior” “Believer’s baptism” they called it. When I joined the Catholic Church about 10 years ago they accepted it as valid since the minister said “I baptize you in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” In Assembly of God groups the baptism is by immersion much the same as Baptists.

 

[CATHOLIC_BIKER]

I was also baptized in the Episcopal church. Yes it is valid!

 

[Vico]

I’ve been reading bits of the Catechism recently and I’ve come across an excerpt which has me concerned,

I was Baptized (Trinitarian Formula) in the Episcopal church last January but I’m starting to be worry whether it was valid or not. At the time of my Baptism I believed that it was only a profession of faith, an “outward symbol of an inner change” and I am almost positive that the administer of the Baptism was of the same belief.

Would the Baptism be valid if my, and the minister’s, intention were not the same as the Church? Should/Can I ask for a conditional Baptism, is that even possible at this point (Being Confirmed at the Easter Vigil)?

“Provided the necessary matter, form and intention are present, the Catholic Church recognizes as valid all baptisms that occur outside her authority or in extraordinary circumstances.” … “For example, a child is dying in a hospital. The nurse, who is Hindu, knows that the Catholic parents would want the child baptized. In their absence, she takes water, sprinkles it upon the infant and says the words, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Her intent is to baptize as the parents believe. The baptism is valid.”

cuf.org/faithfacts/details_view.asp?ffID=20