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Trisagion
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Most Catholic diocesan directories/yearbooks and the Catholic Truth Society "Simple Prayer Book" have the rite for baptism in case of emergency.
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Lamb Chopped
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A tangent, yes, but Lutherans and a lot more of the Christian church consider that it makes no difference where the baptism takes place, it's still valid. We look on it more as what God does for us, rather than as some sort of thing (confession? commitment?) that we do for God. And God can give his gifts anywhere. So ...
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Er, this is what I've been up to (book).
Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down!
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Olaf
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I was certainly taught this in confirmation class, and I was also taught how to perform an emergency baptism if necessary. Seven years later, I was taught the same thing in a theology course at my [Catholic] university. Even in Catholicism, it doesn't matter if the person administering the baptism is Catholic, provided that the intent is to do that which the church does when it baptizes. By that last bit, I think the act of simply doing the baptism would indicate a presence of positive intent.
The whole during-mass-or-not thing always comes up as an issue in modern liturgics. Proponents will say that baptism is a communal event, incorporating one into the church. One cannot really argue with that, but it does help to remember that the church into which one is being incorporated is so much bigger than First [Presbylutheran] Church of Springfield, a congregation of the Western Reform Branch of American Presbylutheranism.
A baptism done anywhere is a baptism of the whole Church. It comes as close as it can to transcending denominationalism. Sometimes the emphasis on it taking place during the Sunday liturgy is a bit more parochial then it should be. Nothing against it, just keep in mind that it's more than just your little building at work, here.
[ 31. December 2013, 22:17: Message edited by: Olaf ]
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Trisagion
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Originally posted by Olaf:
Even in Catholicism, it doesn't matter if the person administering the baptism is Catholic, provided that the intent is to do that which the church does when it baptizes
What do you mean by "Even in Catholicism"?
In any event, it doesn't matter if the person is a Christian, let alone a Catholic.
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A baptism done anywhere is a baptism of the whole Church.
Indeed, a baptism in and into Christ.
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Olaf
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You know exactly what I mean. It's the same thing every time you ask anybody here. You're never going to get around this, Trisagion.
Lutheranism certainly has its own history of this, so I certainly can't claim innocence.
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