Thursday, August 6, 2020

Funny Words Of Baptism Are Invalid - Baptize Again

Quoted below are Sections 1239 and 1240 from the Catechism of the Catholic Church [1]:

1239 The essential rite  of the sacrament follows: Baptism  properly speaking. It signifies and actually brings about death to sin and entry into the life of the Most Holy Trinity through configuration to the Paschal mystery of Christ. Baptism is performed in the most expressive way by triple immersion in the baptismal water. However, from ancient times it has also been able to be conferred by pouring the water three times over the candidate's head. [Italics  original.] 

1240 In the Latin Church this triple infusion is accompanied by the minister's words: "N., I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." In the Eastern liturgies the catechumen turns toward the East and the priest says: "The servant of God, N., is baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." At the invocation of each person of the Most Holy Trinity, the priest immerses the candidate in the water and raises him up again.

Invalid - X [2]:

“In the name of the father and of the mother, of the godfather and of the godmother, of the grandparents, of the family members, of the friends, in the name of the community we baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”.

Invalid - X [3]:

“I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier” and “I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Liberator, and of the Sustainer”.

Remedy - [4]:

Such “baptisms” are not valid, and those who undergo a ceremony using those formulas must be unconditionally baptized.


[1] https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c1a1.htm
[2] https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-08/cdf-baptisms-with-arbitrarily-modified-formulas-are-not-valid.html
[3] Ibid.
[4] Ibid.

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