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Originally Posted by Steve Epley
I did not call you a Baptist I called your answer a Baptist. There is a difference. Baptism saves us in that it clears the conscience because in baptism sins are remitted thus the conscience of sins is cleared. Our bodies are washed in water and our hearts are sprinkled with blood. The record is purged-wiped away-remitted-loosed-set free in baptism in Jesus Name for the penitent.
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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 regenerationalist" 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.
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