VI-Comparison between the Catholic baptism and baptism reformed.
Similarities:
1 - Both are managed using the baptismal formula, "I baptize you in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit"
2 - Both use water element and are accepted as valid the three traditional forms of baptism (immersion, infusion, and spray)
Differences:
1 - Definition.
2 - In Need. Catholic
: Need for environment and provision. Refurbished
: Only need to precept.
3 - Effect. Catholic
:
- Baptismal Regeneration.
- Forgiveness of Original Sin, and past and present sins.
- Remission of punishment. Refurbished
:
Baptism is not seen as an end in itself but as a means of grace, but the grace and salvation are not so inseparably linked to the sacrament of baptism, so that no person can be regenerated or saved without baptism, or that all who are baptized are undoubtedly regenerated. (See Westminster Confession). VII-Conclusion
logical pattern of reasoning.
1 - If not the same, then there are the same.
Given that the differences between the Catholic baptism and baptism are renewed and greater than their similarities. Following
that the similarities are noted between the two baptisms are limited only to the ritual, ceremonial act and that their differences in concept and meaning are insurmountable, and that they are also recognized by the Roman Catholic Church.
2 - Baptism is a hallmark of the true church and only true church can administer the true baptism.
For this reason it is recommended not recognize the baptism administered by a false church and Christian baptism, being that Christ instituted the sacrament of baptism to signal to his True Church and a false church does not have the authority given by Jesus to practice.
By extension it is recommended not to recognize as valid baptism by any sect, or organization calling itself church or not, fails to comply with the seals of the True Church.
VIII-Other views.
On this subject we can use research findings and other reformed brothers, for this report cite the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA, the year 1845 (translation by author).
"The question presented to this Assembly by the Presbytery of Ohio, Is Baptism in the Church of Rome Valid? The question has great practical importance and extremely serious. The answer to this must involve the vital principles for peace, purity and stability of the church of God. "
" After a thorough analysis conducted by several days, the Assembly decided, by a nearly unanimous vote, that baptism [administered by the Roman Catholic Church] is not valid.
Because, since baptism is an ordinance established by Christ in his Church (Form Gov, chap. VII, Matt. XXVIII. 19, 20) and should be administered only by a minister of Christ, properly called and ordained to be a steward of the mysteries of God (Directory, chap. VIII, sec. 1), it follows that no rite administered by someone other than himself duly ordained minister of the true Church of God visible, can be considered as an ordinance of Christ, by whatever name he is called, whatever the means employed in its administration. The priests called the Roman communion are not ministers of Christ, for they are commissioned as officers of the papal hierarchy, who represents the Church of Christ, but the man of sin, an apostate from the truth, the enemy of justice and of God. She has been under the curse of God, who has called his people out of it, not part of her plagues. "
....
"is the unanimous opinion of all the Reformed churches, the Pope's body together, though once a branch of the visible Church, for now time is totally corrupt, and irremediable apostasy. This was the conviction that led to the reform and the complete separation of communion with the Pope. Luther and his coadjutor, duly ordained priests at the time to leave the Roman communion, then, though terribly corrupt, was the only visible church in the countries of their residence, were fully authorized by the Word of God, to order the successors in the ministry, and thus to extend and perpetuate the Protestant churches as true churches of Christ, while Rome's stubborn adherence to their corruption, as shown in the decisions of the Council of Trent, (which she adopted as authority), the cut of the visible Church of Christ, as heretical and unfounded. This was the view of reformers, and is the doctrine of the Reformed churches today. Under all of this is the decision of the General Assembly of our Church, enacted in 1835 (see Minutes of the General Assembly, vol. 8, p. 33) that the Church of Rome declares a body comp apostate. "Http
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