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Old 08-30-2007, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Iron_Bladder View Post
Quite possibly the phrase 'calling on the name of the Lord' is an idiomatic phrase which simply means to beleive. So the one being baptised (believes the gospel and has repented already); this is all that this phrase means. It does not mean that the one being baptised utters the words; 'I now baptise myself in the name XXXXX.'
So do Trinitarians still say words when baptizing? Like I was baptized by them saying,

I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost?
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