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Date Posted: 13:46:03 03/17/04 Wed
Author: Joe
Subject: Re: why was it changed
In reply to: Scarborough Apostolic United Ministry 's message, "Re: my question is what is the History of Baptism" on 09:18:54 07/15/00 Sat

>In the Encyclopedia Britannia, the 11th edition vol 3,>According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, vol 2, page
>377, Catholics acknowledge that baptism in Jesus' name
>was changed by the Catholic church. In addition,
>Hastings Encyclopedia of Religions, vol 2, page 377
>states "Christian baptism was administered using the
>words "In the name of Jesus". From the same source,
>page 378, "The use of the trinitarian formula of any
>sort was not suggested in the early Church's history".
>From the same volume, page 389; note that, baptism was
>always in the name of the Lord Jesus until the time of
>Justin Martyr, when the triune formula was used.
>Hastings Encyclopedia vol 2, page 377 declares the
>baptism in Jesus' name according to Acts ch 2 vs 38.
>
>Now I have given you historical proof that since the
>beginning, the Church baptized in the name of Jesus.
>Were all the people that were baptized before the 2nd
>century baptized wrong? Did the Lord call for a sudden
>change in his plan of salvation?

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