CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITHRESPONSES TO QUESTIONS PROPOSED
on the validity of Baptism conferred with the formulas
«I baptize you in the name of the Creator,
and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier»
and «I baptize you in the name of the Creator,
and of the Liberator, and of the Sustainer»QUESTIONS
First question: Whether the Baptism conferred with the formulas «I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier» and «I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Liberator, and of the Sustainer» is valid?
Second question: Whether the persons baptized with those formulas have to be baptized in forma absoluta?
RESPONSES
To the first question: Negative.
To the second question: Affirmative.
The Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI, at the Audience granted to the undersigned Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved these Responses, adopted in the Ordinary Session of the Congregation, and ordered their publication.
Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, February 1, 2008.William Cardinal Levada
Prefect
+ Angelo Amato, S.D.B.
Titular Archbishop of Sila
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RORATE Notes:
First response: Negative, i.e. such "baptisms" are not valid.
Second response: Affirmative, i.e. those who have been thus "baptized" are to be regularly baptized, and not under condition - cf. CIC, can. 869-, because there is no doubt that their previous "baptism" was invalid.
RORATE Notes:
First response: Negative, i.e. such "baptisms" are not valid.
Second response: Affirmative, i.e. those who have been thus "baptized" are to be regularly baptized, and not under condition - cf. CIC, can. 869-, because there is no doubt that their previous "baptism" was invalid.
