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From: jhpb@granjon.garage.att.com
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Subject: Re: pagan baptism? theory and practice
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Date: 9 Nov 90 04:59:22 GMT
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Charley Wingate wrote:

    grown up presby, I don't see how they can honestly think that a
    person can be baptized by sprinkling and not get water on them.  The
    objection about

Just a clarification; the problem with aspersion is not whether you get
wet or not, it's whether the water flows or not.  The water has to flow
for a valid Baptism.  It makes sense, Catholic-wise, because a Sacrament
has to signify what it effects (in this case, the cleansing of a soul).

Joe Buehler