Baptism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Recognition by other denominations=== The [[Catholic]], [[Lutheran]], [[Anglican]], [[Presbyterian]] and [[Methodist]] Churches accept baptism performed by other denominations within this group as valid, subject to certain conditions, including the use of the Trinitarian formula.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baptisms mutually recognized in European and American churches |url=https://www.oikoumene.org/news/baptisms-mutually-recognized-in-european-and-american-churches |publisher=[[World Council of Churches]] |access-date=29 March 2021 |language=English |date=17 April 2014}}</ref> It is only possible to be baptized once, thus people with valid baptisms from other denominations may not be baptized again upon conversion or transfer. For Roman Catholics, this is affirmed in the Canon Law 864,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P2X.HTM|title=Code of Canon Law - IntraText|date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112010826/https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P2X.HTM|archive-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref> in which it is written that "[e]very person not yet baptized and only such a person is capable of baptism."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P2X.HTM|title=Code of Canon Law – IntraText|website=www.vatican.va|access-date=2018-04-19}}</ref> Such people are accepted upon making a profession of faith and, if they have not yet validly received the sacrament/rite of confirmation or chrismation, by being confirmed. Specifically, "Methodist theologians argued that since God never abrogated a covenant made and sealed with proper intentionality, rebaptism was never an option, unless the original baptism had been defective by not having been made in the name of the Trinity."<ref name="CracknellWhite2005">{{cite book|last1=Cracknell|first1=Kenneth|last2=White|first2=Susan J.|title=An Introduction to World Methodism|year= 2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|language=en|isbn=978-0521818490|page=193}}</ref> In some cases it can be difficult to decide if the original baptism was in fact valid; if there is doubt, [[conditional baptism]] is administered, with a formula on the lines of "If you are not yet baptized, I baptize you...."<ref name="Jr2014">{{cite book|last=Yrigoyen|first=Charles Jr.|title=T&T Clark Companion to Methodism|year=2014|publisher=A&C Black|language=en|isbn=978-0567290779|page=263|quote=Methodists historically do not rebaptize unless the ecumenical formula was not used or another major impediment calls into question the adequacy of an earlier rite. When questions arise of a very grievous nature, there is the possibility of conditional baptism using the words 'If you are not already baptized, I baptize you in the name, etc.'}}</ref><ref>[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P2W.HTM Code of Canon Law, canon 869]; cf. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JKgZEjvB5cEC New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law By John P. Beal, James A. Coriden, Thomas J.], pp. 1057–1059.</ref> The Catholic Church ordinarily recognizes as valid the baptisms of Christians of the Eastern Orthodox, Churches of Christ, Congregationalist, Anglican, Lutheran, Old Catholic, Polish National Catholic, Reformed, Baptist, Brethren, Methodist, Presbyterian, Waldensian, and United Protestant denominations; Christians of these traditions are received into the Catholic Church through the sacrament of [[Confirmation]].<ref name="Davenport">{{cite web |title=Churches with Valid, Doubtful and Invalid |url=https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/13543/documents/2016/4/Churches%20with%20Valid%20Doubtful%20Invalid%20Baptisms.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/13543/documents/2016/4/Churches%20with%20Valid%20Doubtful%20Invalid%20Baptisms.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport]] |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=English}}</ref> Some individuals of the Mennonite, Pentecostal and Adventist traditions who wish to be received into the Catholic Church may be required to receive a [[conditional baptism]] due to concerns about the validity of the sacraments in those traditions.<ref name="Davenport"/> The Catholic Church has explicitly denied the validity of the baptism conferred in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20010605_battesimo_mormoni_en.html |title=Response of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |publisher=Vatican.va |date=June 5, 2001 |access-date=February 25, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090223230027/https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20010605_battesimo_mormoni_en.html| archive-date= February 23, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> The [[Reformed Church]]es recognize as valid, baptisms administered in the [[Catholic Church]], among other churches using the [[Trinitarian formula]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Catholics, Reformed Christians Publicly Sign Historic Agreement To Recognize Each Other's Baptisms |url=https://www.usccb.org/news/2013/catholics-reformed-christians-publicly-sign-historic-agreement-recognize-each-others |publisher=[[USCCB]] |access-date=29 March 2021 |language=English |date=1 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Baptism: FAQ, Liturgies, and Certificates |url=https://www.rca.org/about/worship/baptism/ |publisher=[[Reformed Church in America]] |access-date=29 March 2021 |language=English}}</ref> Practice in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] for converts from other communions is not uniform. However, generally baptisms performed in the name of the Holy Trinity are accepted by the Orthodox Christian Church; Christians of the Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Old Catholic, Moravian, Anglican, Methodist, Reformed, Presbyterian, Brethren, Assemblies of God, or Baptist traditions can be received into the Eastern Orthodox Church through the sacrament of [[Chrismation]].<ref name="Isaiah2000">{{cite web |author=Metropolitan Isaiah |title=Protocols 2000 |url=http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/encyclicals/goarch/isaiah/isaiah_protocols_2000.htm |publisher=Orthodox Research Institute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127075030/http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/encyclicals/goarch/isaiah/isaiah_protocols_2000.htm |archive-date=2010-11-27 |language=English |date=9 May 2000}}</ref> If a convert has not received the sacrament (mysterion) of baptism, he or she must be baptised in the name of the Holy Trinity before they may enter into communion with the Orthodox Church. If he/she has been baptized in another Christian confession (other than Orthodox Christianity) his/her previous baptism is considered retroactively filled with grace by [[chrismation]] or, in rare circumstances, [[confession of faith]] alone as long as the baptism was done in the name of the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). The exact procedure is dependent on local [[canon law|canons]] and is the subject of some controversy.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}} [[Oriental Orthodox Church]]es recognise the validity of baptisms performed within the Eastern Orthodox Communion. Some also recognise baptisms performed by Catholic Churches. Any supposed baptism not performed using the Trinitarian formula is considered invalid.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/invalid-baptisms.html|title=Invalid Baptisms|first=William|last=Saunders|access-date=2018-09-12|language=en-gb|archive-date=September 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912204606/https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/invalid-baptisms.html}}</ref> In the eyes of the Catholic Church, all Orthodox Churches, Anglican and Lutheran Churches, the baptism conferred by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is invalid.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Response on the validity of baptism conferred by Â"mormonsÂ" |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20010605_battesimo_mormoni_en.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> An article published together with the official declaration to that effect gave reasons for that judgment, summed up in the following words: "The Baptism of the Catholic Church and that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints differ essentially, both for what concerns faith in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in whose name Baptism is conferred, and for what concerns the relationship to Christ who instituted it."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ewtn.com/library/Theology/MORMBAP1.HTM |title= The Question Of The Validity Of Baptism Conferred In The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints |publisher= Ewtn.com |date= August 1, 2001 |access-date= October 27, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090116055451/http://www.ewtn.com/library/theology/mormbap1.htm |archive-date= January 16, 2009 }}</ref> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stresses that baptism must be administered by one having proper authority; consequently, the church does not recognize the baptism of any other church as effective.<ref name = ldsbaptism>{{citation |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/baptism |title= Gospel Topics: Baptism |website= churchofjesuschrist.org |publisher= The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints }}</ref> Jehovah's Witnesses do not recognise any other baptism occurring after 1914<ref>"Questions From Readers", ''The Watchtower'', May 1, 1959, p. 288, "Thus, when Christ was enthroned as King A.D. 1914 it was not necessary for all true Christians to be rebaptized in recognition of his ruling position."</ref> as valid,<ref>"Jehovah's Witnesses Endure for His Sovereign Godship", ''The Watchtower'', September 15, 1966, p. 560, "In the decades of restoration since 1919, right-hearted clergymen of various religious sects in different parts of the earth have repentantly accepted the priesthood services of the anointed remnant of Job-like ones by becoming rebaptized and ordained as true ministers of Jehovah."</ref> as they believe that they are now the one true church of Christ,<ref>"True Christianity Is Flourishing", ''The Watchtower'', March 1, 2004, p. 7 [http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2004161 As retrieved November 3, 2014]</ref> and that the rest of "Christendom" is false religion.<ref>''Jehovah's Witnesses— Proclaimers of God's Kingdom'', publ Jehovah's Witnesses, "Chapter 31: How Chosen and Led by God", p. 706, "Clearly, when the time of the end began in 1914, none of the churches of Christendom were measuring up to these Bible standards for the one true Christian congregation. 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