Question about Invalid Baptism

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What I was getting at in my post above is that many mainline Protestant churches, of which I am a member (Lutheran) are not necessarily using the proper Trinitarian form in Baptism. This includes Lutherans, Anglicans, and Methodists! It is not so easy any more as to trust the tradition to adhere to itself.

I’m curious, why would one remain in a religion knowing this, much less be a seminary student of that religion?

 

[Janet1983]

If anyone has been baptised using “creator, redeemer, sustainer” that is not considered a valid baptism by the Catholic Church. In such a case the convert would have to be baptised into the Catholic Church.

Actually I don’t know why there are variations anyway. Jesus was very specific. Baptise in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. He didn’t say, by the way any variation of that is also okay.

I attend a Baptist church and our pastor was on a sabbatical due to health issues. Our youth pastor stepped in and preached while our pastor rested from his work. He baptized at least 2 people and he never used a trinitarian formula… I know that our pastor does use it and a guest who is a pastor somewhere else in the country came by recently to baptize his granddaughter. He used a trinitarian formula as well…
The youth pastor just left it out and that was kind of awkward to me…

 

[googie]

Various churches have set methods of baptizing their members. If you were baptized into any know sect, their ritual of baptism is known, and it is known if it is a valid form or not.

So, unless you were baptized into some sect where it is totally unknown what form of baptism is used, the odds are that your baptism was valid. ALL of the major Protestant Churches, all of the Orthodox Churches, and most of the minor Protestant Churches utilize a valid form of baptism.

The church still recognizes the ancient concept of “Baptism by Desire”, so even if your original baptism were to be invalid, you would still be saved by your desire to become a Catholic Christian.

You can be saved by becoming a “Catholic Christian”?. WOW, wherever did you ever get this from. Looks like an easy way out. Blessings