Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: esaholm@polaris.utu.fi (Esa Holmberg) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Validity of Baptism (Was Re: In Communion with Rome?) Message-ID: Date: 28 Oct 90 08:16:30 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Turku, Finland Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu mangoe@mimsy.umd.edu (Charley Wingate) writes: >>Lutherans (presumably almost all of us) recognize the validity of any >>baptism in which >Last time I checked, there is also the requirement that the minister be a >christian, i.e., baptized. True, but there is however no requirement that the baptism to be done by a minister/priest. It is recommended, but not obligatory. Instead, the one who baptizes, must be christian (baptized). -- _________________________________________________________________________ ( Esa Holmberg, Turku Telephone Company, AXE, Linnankatu 4, 20100 TURKU, ) ) Finland ! Elisa: Holmberg Esa TT (tt) ! fax +358 21 502 298 / ( Internet: esaholm@utu.fi, esa.holmberg/o=tt/@elisa.fi / [I believe the term "minister" was being used in the sense of "one who administers the sacrament", not in the sense of "ordained person". --clh]