Vatican 2: What do you like about it?

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Not true. So why were they there in first place? They were ripped out without authority.
 
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Over night Protestant baptisms became valid for example. Previously the Church refused to recognize any baptism outside the Catholic Church as valid.
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Not true.
The Church defined back in Trent that if a baptism was made with the intention to do the same thing the Church does, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, it was valid.
Anyone who says different let him be anathema.
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If Protestant baptisms are fully valid and recognized, what’s the point of being Catholic? Why not just choose from one of the 30,000 Protestant denominations and call it a day?
 
We had a volunteer choir and we sang at the appropriate time.

"Since baptism is necessary for salvation and God wills the salvation of all, the Church recognizes all validly administered baptisms, even if Protestant. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:
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"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. (CCC 1256)
"When considering the validity of non-Catholic baptism, the Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism instructs:
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"Baptism by immersion, or by pouring, together with the Trinitarian formula is, of itself, valid. Therefore, if the rituals, liturgical books, or established customs of a church or ecclesial community prescribe either of these ways of baptism, the sacrament is to be considered valid unless there are serious reasons for doubting that the minister has observed the regulations of his/her own community or church. (DE 95.a)"
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Scott84 said:
If Protestant baptisms are fully valid and recognized, what’s the point of being Catholic? Why not just choose from one of the 30,000 Protestant denominations and call it a day?
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The only reason to be Catholic is if other baptisms are invalid?
I hope you don’t really mean that. It would mean you’ve missed all the depth and beauty of our Church.
 
You are off topic.

This thread is about what is liked.
 
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