Subject: Explanations of difficult verses |
Bible Note: 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? |