Jim Hazelwood
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Hi, guys —
- Can you join the Church without being rebaptized?
To join your Church, I heard that a person would have to be re-baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Jim
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Is rebaptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost necessary to join the Church? }
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Bob replied:
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Jim,
For Baptism to be valid it must follow the complete Trinitarian formula including Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I suggest you see a priest about entering the Catholic Church.
Peace,
Bob Kirby
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Mike replied:
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Hi Jim,
In addition to what my colleague Bob has said, this posting may be helpful:
Fr. Jonathan gives a list of valid and invalid Baptisms from various religious congregations.
Seeing you may be preparing to take RCIA classes in the near future, I would encourage you to consider buying a cheap copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to learn everything we believe as faithful Catholics.
Under each boxed format for the Catechism you want, you will see, below the box, an option to buy a used version, which many times, is not really used but close to new.
Mike
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