Even some consider the Catholic Church a cult for teaching on the necessity of baptism for salvation. On a similar issue, some object to infant baptism, claiming it to be invalid since an infant ...
10 1219 The Church has seen in Noah's ark a prefiguring of salvation by Baptism, for by it "a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water": 14 The waters of the great flood you made a ...
SPROUL: Baptism is a sign, and it signifies the forgiveness of sins. I don’t think that it automatically carries forgiveness of sins with it, but it’s a central sign of what our salvation is. We’re ...
We do have the clear mandate in the New Testament that Christians are to be baptized. I personally do not believe that baptism is essential for salvation. If I believed that, I would think that the ...
Baptism is not a requirement for salvation and the Baptist church sees it is a public expression of faith. “While it is personal, it is not private,” an article from the Southern Baptist Conventions’ ...
At least a week before any such baptism is to take place, the Minister shall give notice thereof to the Bishop of the Diocese or whomsoever he shall appoint for the purpose. The person to be baptized ...
Over the years, the dialogue has yielded significant joint statements on core theological topics, including “Salvation: Grace, Justification and Synergy” (1998), “Baptism and Chrismation as Sacraments ...