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Re: Question about Acts 2:38: What about the marty
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Originally Posted by Aquila
Yes, but where does it say that Peter uttered an incantation or sacramental prayer above them as they were baptized??? Know ye not that Paul was admonished to call upon the name of the Lord HIMSELF as he was baptized???
Acts 22:16 King James Version (KJV)
16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Being baptized IN THE NAME of Jesus involves the convert calling upon the name of Jesus... not some priest, bishop, preacher, or human intermediary chanting the name of Jesus over a convert.
Both the Trinitarians and Apostolics fall into the same error of insisting that there be a sacramental "formula" to what was originally a heartfelt cry for the forgiveness of sins while standing in the water. |
James straightens out the issue when he writes his epistle in the Greek stating that the name was invoked upon you. Most scholars agree that this is speaking of the name of Jesus being invoked over the neophyte in baptism.
James 2:7
do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?
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