The Baptismal Formula: Difference between revisions

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==If you use the wrong formula are you out?==
==If you use the wrong formula are you out?==


Is the object of the question the rejection of everyone who was baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit in accordance with Matthew 28:19?  If so, then the list of people who would be excluded from Christianity would include:
What is the status of those who have been baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit in accordance with Matthew 28:19
 
Are they unsaved?  If so, then the list of people who would be excluded from Christianity would include:


#John Wycliffe, d. 1384
#John Wycliffe, d. 1384
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These are just a few of the giants of the Christian faith who were baptized "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
These are just a few of the giants of the Christian faith who were baptized "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."


If you can't exclude these people, why would you exclude anyone baptized currently in the "Trinitarian baptismal formula"?  Our view is that you can't.
If you can't exclude these people, why would you exclude anyone baptized currently in the "Trinitarian baptismal formula"?   
 
Our view is that you can't.


=The Scriptural Witness=
=The Scriptural Witness=