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What is clear from the scriptural references is that there was no "magic formula" for water baptism. There are no exact words that are required to be spoken. As opposed to what William Branham taught, there is certainly no requirement that when a person is baptized, the words must be spoken over them... "I baptize you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ." | What is clear from the scriptural references is that there was no "magic formula" for water baptism. There are no exact words that are required to be spoken. As opposed to what William Branham taught, there is certainly no requirement that when a person is baptized, the words must be spoken over them... "I baptize you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ." | ||
It is also interesting to note that only in the book of Acts are there actual references to the baptismal formula. We can't really know what any of the other apostles said when they baptized converts? What did Matthew say? We don't know. | |||
When was the first person baptized in the Trinitarian baptismal formula? Again, we don't know. But it was certainly hundreds of years earlier than the date proposed by William Branham. | |||
==When did the baptismal formula change?== | ==When did the baptismal formula change?== | ||