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1 | Explanations of difficult verses | NT general Archive 1 | FTimA | 65139 | ||
Why have we changed? Boy, that's a good question. Where in the New Testament does it specify who can baptize? John (the baptist) did it, he was not ordained (except by God). Jesus' disciples did it. Were they ordained? Apollos, Cephas, Paul, Timothy...who knows who else? When someone desires to become a Christian in the assembly I associate with, during a worship service, they generally let it be known by coming forward. The minister is usually the one who takes this responsibility, but there is a family of 13 where the father has baptized each one of the children. Again, I think the only stipulation would be that a person baptizing others would have to be a Christian, because only a Christian would (at least should) understand its purpose and meaning. There is no passage of scripture that I know of that says this. John the baptist certainly was not a Christian, nor were any of those who were baptized by him or prior to Christ's death, or were they? From what I have learned the term "christian" was first used as a slanderous term. Who knows? Baptism is connected to salvation. How do I know? The bible tells me so. Pull out your concordance, look up the word baptize, baptism, baptized, and baptizing. Read the scriptures associated with them, with intent. Sure, you will read of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the baptism of John, but if you consider all of scripture dealing with this subject, and "receive the word with eagerness" and "search the scriptures" (Acts 17:11), you will see that they all had their purpose and that water baptism is a very important part of salvation. Or you won't. |
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2 | Explanations of difficult verses | NT general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 65182 | ||
FtimA, Sorry, I meant to include this also in the previous post. "V. WHO CAN BAPTIZE? 1256 The ordinary ministers of Baptism are the bishop and priest and, in the Latin Church, also the deacon.[57] In case of necessity, any person, even someone not baptized, can baptize, if he has the required intention. The intention required is to will to do what the Church does when she baptizes, and to apply the Trinitarian baptismal formula. The Church finds the reason for this possibility in the universal saving will of God and the necessity of Baptism for salvation." The Catechism Emmaus |
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3 | Explanations of difficult verses | NT general Archive 1 | FTimA | 65205 | ||
Was John the baptist a bishop, a priest, or a deacon? Ananias, Apollos, Philip? (They could have been) Mark 16:16 says, "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." The above passage is plain, simple, understandable. Catechism #1256 says, "The ordinary ministers of Baptism are the bishop and priest and, in the Latin Church, also the deacon.[57] In case of necessity, any person, even someone not baptized, can baptize, if he has the required intention. The intention required is to will to do what the Church does when she baptizes, and to apply the Trinitarian baptismal formula. The Church finds the reason for this possibility in the universal saving will of God and the necessity of Baptism for salvation." My question to you is this. Who wrote Mark 16:16? Who wrote catechism 1256? |
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4 | Explanations of difficult verses | NT general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 65209 | ||
FTimA, 'My question to you is this. Who wrote Mark 16:16? Who wrote catechism 1256?" The Mark 16:16 question is the tough one if you look at past discussion of it in recent weeks on this forum. Try the search. It is kind of like asking who is buried in Grant's Tomb? I would says Mark, but there are plenty who dispute whether it is a gloss added later by a scribe. Makes me nervous about Bible only when people can't even agree if that verse really is bible. The Catechism of the Catholic Church was compiled in consultation will all the Catholic bishops of the world and issued by John Paul II in 1994. It was the first universal Catechism of the Catholic Church since the Roman Catechism issued after the Council of Trent 500 years ago. We tend to update slowly on the world wide level. Emmaus |
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5 | Explanations of difficult verses | NT general Archive 1 | FTimA | 65229 | ||
My point here is that God wrote Mark 16:16, while the catechism's were written by men based on, pardon the expression, apostasized interpretation. To be frank, I feel that the catechisms fall under the penalty of Rev 22:18,19 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book. Jesus says Matt 15:9 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.' If these catechisms are accepted as doctrine somebody will have a lot of explaining to do. |
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