Who's authorized to baptize whom?

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by shazeep

hmm, i was hoping GD would respond to this. i guess i mostly object to the "it cannot be otherwise" part. The Church is also Universal, wherever two or more are gathered, and i have seen It's manifestation--possibly even more clearly--among people i could not even speak with, for lack of a common human language. So, the church is inbred, in a sense. It cannot be otherwise.

Wherever two or three are gathered... that's local.