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Originally Posted by TRFrance
"for by the Word such power is imparted to Baptism that it is a laver of regeneration, as St. Paul also calls it. (Titus 3:5.)"
" Thus faith clings to the water, and believes that it is Baptism, in which there is pure salvation and life; not through the water (as we have sufficiently stated), but through the fact that it is embodied in the Word and institution of God, and the name of God inheres in it."
A laver of regeneration? ......HUH?
The name of God (i.e. Jesus)... inherent within the waters of baptism.? SAY WHAT???
Say it ain't so!! Martin Luther is such a hero to so many one steppers.
If a "3-step" conservative Pentecostal had written these words, certain one-steppers would accuse him of sacramentalism, salvation-by-works, etc, etc, etc.
But since their buddy Martin Luther is the one who said it... I'm sure those same folks can come up with some way to explain away the meaning of his words. . |
The meaning of his words is very clear. He believed that when a baby was sprinkled at the baptismal font, the font from which the baby was sprinkled became a laver of regeneration.
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