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The Reception of Converts: Commentary With Historical Notes

The Reception of Converts: Commentary With Historical Notes

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AuthorsGoodwine, Joseph G., A.B., S.T.B., J.C.L.
SeriesCanon Law Studies [198.0]
PublisherCatholic University of America Press
Published03 mag 1944
Date05 set 2022
Languageseng

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p. 1 (PDF p. 14) begins:

Nowhere in the Code of Canon Law does one find rules which govern the exact procedure to be followed in all cases for the recep­tion of converts into the Church.

p. 99 (PDF p. 112) n. 11:

“The class whose baptism is doubtful, embraces almost all sects that go under the general name of Protestants. Most of them, it is true, in their rituals, prescribe all that is essential to Baptism, and if we had sufficient security that it is always administered by them in exact accordance with their rituals, we should have no reason to doubt its validity. As a matter of fact, the validity of baptism by Protestants at first was generally admitted; and when a doubt was raised in France regarding that conferred by the Calvinists, St. Pius V decided in favour of its validity. But their errors regarding the efficacy and necessity of the sacrament, gradually led to habitual carelessness and frequent substantial defects in its administration, so as to leave reasonable ground for doubting in any given case whether it was rightly conferred.” —O’Kane, The Rubrics of the Roman Ritual , pp. 212-213 [166-167 of 1883 ed.].

Appendices are the sects' baptismal rituals.

Questionnaire on Baptism p. 300 (PDF p. 313):

  1. Is natural water used in administering baptism?
  2. Is the water applied by pouring, immersion, or sprinkling?
  3. To what part of the body is the water applied?
  4. Is water used in sufficient quantity for it to actually flow on the skin?
  5. If applied to the head, does the water touch the skin of the head, and not merely the hair?
  6. What is the exact formula recited in administering baptism?
  7. Does the minister pronounce this formula at exactly the same time when he applies the water?
  8. If not, when is this formula recited relative to the time when the water is applied? (Immediately before, immediately after.)
  9. Does the same person apply the water and pronounce the formula of baptism?
  10. Is it the constant and accepted doctrine of your church that the minister confers the baptism which Jesus Christ commanded to be administered?
  11. If not, what is the intent and purpose in administering baptism?