Yes. You don’t need to be “dunked” three times. In fact, you don’t even need to be dunked at all. Catholics practice different “methods” of baptism, sprinkling, pouring, and dunking.I was baptized by immersion by a protestant minister in my friend’s home. The minister said
baptized me with the verbal trinitarian formula, saying the same thing Catholics say but only dunked me once. Is this considered a valid baptism?
Susan,I was baptized by immersion by a protestant minister in my friend’s home. The minister said
baptized me with the verbal trinitarian formula, saying the same thing Catholics say but only dunked me once. Is this considered a valid baptism?
As far as intent goes, a person baptizing needs more than just the intent to baptize. If all that was needed for a valid baptism was what you mentioned, then technically speaking, LDS baptisms are valid, which we know they are not because they don’t believe in the trinity, even though they baptize “in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost.” The person baptizing must intend to baptize into the fullness of the Church.Susan,
For any sacrament to be valid there are three conditions that need to be met, or present. They are matter, form and intent.
In baptism the matter is water. In your case that is met.
The form is the prayer or words said. In baptism that is the Trinitarian formula. The baptism is done in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
The intent is to do what the Church does or intends to do. In this case the intent is to baptize.
From the information you provided it seems clear that all conditions were met and your baptism was valid.
Anyone can baptize. It does not require a priest or a minister although the priest is the ordinary minister of baptism and the Church should be involved. But if you witnessed an accident and were present with a dying person you could baptize that person if the person requested baptism. The person doing the baptizing does not even have to be a Christian. There only needs to be proper matter, form and intent.
I don’t think you have to worry about your baptism. That would be a distraction from more important things to be thinking about.
A baptism can be a sprinkle of water and still be valid.Thank you everyone for your replies so far. Just to be more specific, what I’m concerned about is that I was only dunked once, not three times. Catholics pour water on babies/converts three times, yet I was only dunked once. Thanks again, everyone. God bless.
The Catholic Church doesn’t dunk or immerse people, bit accepts immersion baptisms as valid. If you remain troubled about the validity of your baptism as far as how the CC views it go talk with a priest.Thank you everyone for your replies so far. Just to be more specific, what I’m concerned about is that I was only dunked once, not three times. Catholics pour water on babies/converts three times, yet I was only dunked once. Thanks again, everyone. God bless.
As stated earlier the practice varies in the Catholic Church. I know of a couple parishes tbat do dunk/immerse.The Catholic Church doesn’t dunk or immerse people, bit accepts immersion baptisms as valid. If you remain troubled about the validity of your baptism as far as how the CC views it go talk with a priest.
Sometimes the enemy distracts us from what we should focus on, by creating confusion and worry about other things. Instead of worrying about this tonight pray for the salvation of souls and an end of abortion.