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 =What William Branham taught=
+William Branham took the basic teaching from the Oneness movement on baptism and made it more restrictive.  He effectively taught that there was only one baptismal formula - his followers were required to be baptized "in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ."
 William Branham stated:
-:'''''Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are just titles.''' They are not names. That is why '''we baptize in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ''', for that is a name, not a title. It is the name of those titles, just like you take a new born baby who is a son and name him. Baby is what it is, son is the title, then you name him, John Henry Brown. You just don’t baptize in “Jesus Name.” There are thousands of Jesuses in the world and have been even before Jesus, our Saviour. But there is only one of them born the Christ, “Lord Jesus Christ.”<ref>William Branham, An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages - 1 - The Revelation Of Jesus Christ</ref>
+:''Now, when you Oneness brethren just baptize in the Name of Jesus, there’s just many Jesuses; but there’s only…He was born Christ, the Son of God. He…That’s His Name, that’s what He is. Christ means “the anointed one,” Messiah, Christ. Now, “Jesus,” eight days later He was given the Name, Jesus, when He was circumcised. And He is our Lord. So He is our Lord Jesus Christ. That’s what He is.
-William Branham differentiated himself from Oneness Pentecostals by requiring baptism in the triune name of the "Lord Jesus Christ."
-==The Challenge from William Branham==
+:''Now, show, that you’ll see that Peter had the revelation I’m trying to tell you, now look at these—these boxes on this side: Father, Son, Holy Ghost. That’s what Matthew said. Ten days later Peter said, “Lord Jesus Christ.” Now, see if these three titles isn’t three names, or—or, the one Name of the three titles.
-William Branham invited people to prove him wrong when he stated in 1957:
+:''Now, look. Matthew said, “'''Father'''.” Is that right? The…Peter said, “'''Lord'''.” Now, David said, “The Lord said unto My Lord.” Now, they both said the same thing there, didn’t they? All right, “Thy Lord…Lord thy God is one God” is true.
-:''Nowhere was we ever commanded to baptize, "In the name of the Father, and in the name of the Son, and name of the Holy Ghost," not nowhere in the Scriptures. It's a Catholic creed, and it's not for the Protestant church. '''I'll ask anybody to show me one Scripture where any person was ever baptized any other way than in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Come, show it to me, and I'll put a sign on my back, "A hypocrite, and a false prophet, a false teacher," and go through the streets.''' There's no such a thing. Never was anybody baptized that way. It's a Catholic creed, and not a Protestant doctrine.<ref>William Branham, Hebrews Chapter Two, Jeffersonville, Indiana, August 25, 1957</ref>
+:''All right, now, '''Peter said, “In the Name of the Lord,”''' and '''Matthew said a title to that Lord, which was “Father.”''' Lord is what He is, all right. '''Matthew said, “Son.” Who is the Son? “Jesus,” said Peter.''' That right? All right, now, and '''Matthew said, “Holy Ghost.” Peter said, “Christ,” which is the Holy Ghost''', the Logos that went out of God.
-So there is the challenge laid down by William Branham - Find one scripture where any person was ever baptized any other way than in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
+:''See? Father, Son, Holy Ghost, is the Lord Jesus Christ, the whole thing, exactly, the Lord Jesus Christ. So them are titles and not…There you are.<ref>William Branham, 61-0120 - The Water Baptism, para. 180-184</ref>
-Actually that challenge is quite easy to meet and we would '''challenge''' message believers to '''find us one scripture where anyone was actually baptized in the triune name of the Lord Jesus Christ.'''
+:''When Matthew said, “Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them into the Name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” How it’s been misinterpreted today, and say, “In the name of the Father, name of the Son, name of the Holy Ghost.” It’s not even written. It’s, “In the Name,” singular, “of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost.” Father is not a name, Son is not a name, Holy Ghost is not a name; it’s a title. Ten days later, Peter stood up and said, “Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ.” Then did he do what He told him not to do? He did what He told him to do. '''The Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is “the Lord Jesus Christ.”''' Every person in the New Testament was baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.<ref>William Branham, 65-0220 - God's Chosen Place Of Worship, para. 96</ref>
-The Bible should be simply understood and therefore it seems quite obvious that William Branham has interpreted the scripture to say something that it clearly doesn't.  The phrase "Lord Jesus Christ" appears 6 times in the book of Acts so it would have been very easy for Luke to have stated clearly that people were to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.  But since he didn't, it is not possible to make that claim.
+:'''''Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are just titles.''' They are not names. That is why '''we baptize in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ''', for that is a name, not a title. It is the name of those titles, just like you take a new born baby who is a son and name him. Baby is what it is, son is the title, then you name him, John Henry Brown. You just don’t baptize in “Jesus Name.” There are thousands of Jesuses in the world and have been even before Jesus, our Saviour. But there is only one of them born the Christ, “Lord Jesus Christ.”<ref>William Branham, An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages - 1 - The Revelation Of Jesus Christ</ref>
-What is clear is that, from the historical record, there was no emphasis on the exact formula of baptism. thereby proving one of the fundamental doctrines of William Branham's message to be flawed.
+William Branham differentiated himself from Oneness Pentecostals by requiring baptism in the triune name of the "Lord Jesus Christ."
 =William Branham's changing views=