tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post2207859391726846573..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Laymen's guide to the Thirty-nine ArticlesFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-61724815573496799112013-12-02T22:58:11.542-05:002013-12-02T22:58:11.542-05:00As I was taught many years ago, baptism is one of ...As I was taught many years ago, baptism is one of the Sacraments that doesn't require an ordained minister to administer it (the other, as I was taught, was marriage-the church is there to bless and witness the promises made by the man and woman before God)Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132328501421700876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-19306566203555666302013-12-02T12:57:17.940-05:002013-12-02T12:57:17.940-05:00If the baptism was administered with water using t...If the baptism was administered with water using the Trinitarian Name, then it is valid.Fr. Robert Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-9661647481462320112013-11-30T21:09:13.634-05:002013-11-30T21:09:13.634-05:00It is worth noting that where the English has &quo...It is worth noting that where the English has "signed and sealed" the Latin has one verb, "obsignatur" (one of those examples of "coupling together synonymous or nearly synonymous words" which Lewis discusses interestingly in his OHEL volume (pp. 217-18)?). <br /><br />Also notable is that "by virtue" corresponds to "vi", Where we might tend to think of "by virtue" as simply equivalent to 'by means', the Latin text here might (I venture under correction) be rendered something like, 'by the inherent effective power of Divine invocation, Grace is augmented'. (In discussing the Corpus Areopagiticum in The Discarded Image, Lewis says of "Virtues" (p. 72), "This does not mean moral excellences but rather 'efficacies', as when we speak about the 'virtues' of a magic ring or a medicinal herb.")<br /><br />So far as I can see, Hooker's discussion of who may administer baptism systematically answers Calvin's in the Institutes (without explicitly saying so): what is the current Continuing explanation (for example, by laymen, including women, but not by the unbaptized, apostates, etc.?)? <br /><br />Semi-HookerianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com