I don’t think baptisms can be “invalidated” by fiat (or lamborghini), especially when performed with the family (we) and church member guests attending. I’m not RCC, so what do I know? But I do think that intention is an important feature, so my thought is that in a rite that can, according to my understanding, even be performed using less than ideal fluids when pure water is unavailable, it will stick as long as one might wish. A spare tire is still a tire; you can even drive on bare wheel rims if you have to. (As to the early Anabaptists, or re-baptisers, what’s the problem?) Again, I guess that desire is pre-eminent in such things; physical events are physical; metaphysical events are, well, metaphysical, and physical correlates are physical.
I did some seminary courses and was practically thrown out of class once or twice—so don’t take my word for anything.
Just saying…
Last edited by Allen Tice; 02-17-2022 at 06:56 PM.
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