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Originally Posted by TCSQ
As are ALL groups including the New Order Amish and the Old Order Amish or the Southern Baptist and Free Will Baptist. Wish we could stop attributing common human behaviour and nature to being a Oneness Pentecostal Trait rather than just human nature traits.
As to the Anthony Mangun "quote" in his baptismal usage of Matthew 28:19, has anyone actually PRODUCED an audio or video documentation of that or is it purely based on Hearsay? The reason I ask that is that from the very beginning I have heard dyed in the wool Oneness Preachers out on the west coast use phraseing that could be misreported as that but actually is quite different.
Brother Murray Layne of Fresno OFTEN used to baptized along that line saying to the candidate in the water...................
"Upon our Lords command to baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost I now Obey that command by baptizing you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins...
More intended to once again illuminate the meaning of Matthew 28:19 than to try and accomodate the trinitarian formula into a hybrid. It would not surprise me if the "quote" being attributed to brother Mangun is actually something a lot more akin to if not indeed a direct repeating OF that common Oneness usage of Matthew 28:19 to demonstrate a truth concerning the name of Jesus implied in it. |
This is not hearsay, AM was our pastor in Plano, TX at the time, I heard it more than once, and believe you could easily confirm it by calling him and asking. BTW, I don't have any problem with the wording at all.