Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: mangoe@mimsy.umd.edu (Charley Wingate) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Validity of Baptism (Was Re: In Communion with Rome?) Message-ID: Date: 6 Nov 90 08:09:09 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Vincent Paul Mulhern writes: >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... I think it's safe to say that this would not be considered a valid baptism. Infant baptism is normally coupled with confirmation or some other ceremonial declaration of one's faith and acceptance by the community as an adult believer. An adult must desire to be baptized. Infants and young children essentially must claim their baptism when they come of age. -- C. Wingate + "Our God to whom we turn when weary with illusion, + Whose stars serenely burn above this world's confusion, mangoe@cs.umd.edu + Thine is the mighty plan, the steadfast order sure mimsy!mangoe + In which the world began, endures, and shall endure."