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From: vm0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent Paul Mulhern)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Validity of Baptism (Was Re: In Communion with Rome?)
Message-ID: <Nov.2.04.01.02.1990.4428@porthos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 2 Nov 90 09:01:04 GMT
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I'd like to know about the 'emergency baptism' thing.  What is it
actually supposed to do?  I've heard of it before, but never understood
why such a thing would be done.  

I know of a police sergeant who is Episcopal, who, at the scene of a
nasty auto accident, "emergency-baptized" a victim who was not expected
to live.  Well, the guy did survive and turned out to be Jewish.  He got
pretty mad that they had done that to him...

[There are a couple of postings in this group that respond to this
question.  Please read through this group before responding again...  --clh]