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Originally Posted by pelathais
And your answer is "Papist" and "Mormon." 
That is, the Mormon church teaches similarly and as another poster showed in citing the Councils of Nicea, Constantinople and Trent the other day; the Roman Catholic Church teaches this as well. Personally, I enjoy a discussion that is unafraid to look at such similarities in doctrines.
Do you think that Peter was negating the bolded statement above when he said, " not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God?" That is, the physical act of being immersed in water accomplishes nothing more than "the removal of dirt from the body."
What I hear from a lot of the "anti-baptismal regenrationalist" folks is that they are trying to demystify the act of baptism, and even to remove the "sacrementalist" aspect that the RCC has ascribed to it.
In other words, I see a lot of room for common ground here. |
Pelathias, would it be correct to characterize your view of Jesus being God as Papist? BTW Papist is a derogatory term
paˇpist 
(pā'pĭst)
Pronunciation Key
n.
Offensive Used as a disparaging term for a Roman Catholic.
Just because two groups hold a similar views does not make one group comparative to the other. I have heard such arguments from Baptists...yes and Atheists and pagans. I have been called a worshiper of Mithra because someone chose to note some similarities. I find papal and mormon comparisons VERY insulting and I consider that to be the intent when someone draws that comparison.
However I have to say to the SEs and others here that if you don't like being called Papal or Mormon then you should not do the same.
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