Paul
baptizes these disciples in the name of Jesus and they receive gifts: the Holy Spirit comes upon them so they can speak in tongues and prophesy.
At the Vatican, it has become customary for the Holy Father to hold mass and
baptize babies in the Sistine Chapel, a tradition that was initiated by Saint John Paul II.
The simplest thing to do is
baptize anybody who comes along.
25They asked him, "Why then do you
baptize if you are not the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet?" 26John answered them, "I
baptize with water; but there is one among you whom you do not recognize, 27the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie." 28This happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Matthew writes that John the Baptist used it to emphasize his being subsidiary to Jesus, "I
baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will
baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire."
Antonio Miralles, a professor at Rome's Pontifical Holy Cross University, said "expressions that invalidate the conferral of a true baptism cannot be tolerated by the church." He said the church has no authority "to change that which Christ himself instituted" when he told his disciples to go out and
baptize "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19).
Even now any person may
baptize in case of necessity and with the right intention, and a bishop can designate a layperson to preside at marriage and funeral rites.
Among those baptized Sunday was a baby girl whose parents, who live in Tuscany, had some time ago approached the pope during an appearance at the Vatican and asked if he would
baptize her, a Tuscan daily, Il Tirreno, reported.
OTTAWA -- The Catholic church will refuse to
baptize children of same-sex couples if both parents insist on signing the baptism certificate, Canada's top Catholic cleric said.
Black priests in the Anglican church in Zimbabwe say they are not allowed to
baptize, marry or bury white parishioners.
In the cleansing waters that John used to
baptize Jesus, Naaman is not just made new (like a baby) but is humbled.
(74) The most recent "official" BU declaration on these issues rejects the notion of common baptism, recommends that churches do not admit the unbaptized into membership, and, somewhat more cautiously than many Baptists, believes that only "in certain circumstances" is it right to
baptize someone baptized in infancy, (75) while many ministers still regard infant baptism as no baptism.
That's what it means to be "the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." That's what it means to "
baptize with the Holy Spirit." In Jesus, God stays with us, no matter what!
The next year, Lowangcha brought his school principal incognito to
baptize villagers in Borduria.
