February 29, 2008

Creator, and of the Liberator, and of the Sustainer

Today the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith answered two recent disputed questions regarding allowable baptismal formulas and what to do with persons "baptized" using them:

    Made public today were the responses of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to two questions concerning the validity of Baptism conferred with certain non-standard formulae.

    The first question is: "Is a Baptism valid if conferred with the words 'I baptise you in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier', or 'I baptise you in the name of the Creator, and of the Liberator, and of the Sustainer'"?

    The second question is: "Must people baptised with those formulae be baptised 'in forma absoluta'?"

American Papist has the story and I doubt my readers will be surprised at the answers by the CDF.

It does make me reflect on the fact that progressives keep finding new ways for people to not actually receive the sacraments.  For example women priests,  Communal confession without individual confession,  and invalid baptismal formulas. And when they are not finding ways for people to not actually receive the sacraments they make excuses for how people can receive them unworthily.

Posted by Jeff Miller at February 29, 2008 12:25 PM