Thetruthisgod
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Howdy ya'll, this is my first post on this forum.
I entered the church through Chrismation. Had I been told to, I would have been baptized. However, my bishop said that my baptism was acceptable, and whatever was lacking in it was filled on entering the church. Not that my baptism was in itself orthodox, but on entering the church became orthodox(I suppose).
Well, there is someone in the church with a lot of clout who told me that I wasn't really baptized. He pressured me to get baptized. My bishop says that if I were to do such a thing, it would count as a rebaptism and I would be excommunicated. This someone in the church with a lot of clout encouraged me to rebel against my bishop on this, even to get baptized in secret.
In the end, after much prayer and consulting many councils, I decided against getting rebaptized, considering myself in obedience to my bishop. Besides that, many of my councils across jurisdictions agree that once someone has entered into the church through chrismation, you do not baptize them as their old baptism has been made acceptable.
I do have an issue with this though. People who are being taught by this man tell me I am not baptized. Some of them don't even consider me orthodox. Truthfully, it seems incredibly schismatic to me.
I want to make it clear that the person pressuring me to do this is someone in the church with a lot of clout. He isn't a layman either. I am not going to say who it is, because even though my interactions with this man over the period of a month have lead me to have very strong opinions, I am not trying to create a scandal. I know that this man has rebaptized many under the nose of their bishops.
Anyway, does anyone have thoughts about this? I am particularly interested in what the saints and councils say about this. I figure if I put this out there it might give me some information about this issue I may have overlooked.
It seems pretty important to me.
Thank you all, and Christ be your wisdom.
I entered the church through Chrismation. Had I been told to, I would have been baptized. However, my bishop said that my baptism was acceptable, and whatever was lacking in it was filled on entering the church. Not that my baptism was in itself orthodox, but on entering the church became orthodox(I suppose).
Well, there is someone in the church with a lot of clout who told me that I wasn't really baptized. He pressured me to get baptized. My bishop says that if I were to do such a thing, it would count as a rebaptism and I would be excommunicated. This someone in the church with a lot of clout encouraged me to rebel against my bishop on this, even to get baptized in secret.
In the end, after much prayer and consulting many councils, I decided against getting rebaptized, considering myself in obedience to my bishop. Besides that, many of my councils across jurisdictions agree that once someone has entered into the church through chrismation, you do not baptize them as their old baptism has been made acceptable.
I do have an issue with this though. People who are being taught by this man tell me I am not baptized. Some of them don't even consider me orthodox. Truthfully, it seems incredibly schismatic to me.
I want to make it clear that the person pressuring me to do this is someone in the church with a lot of clout. He isn't a layman either. I am not going to say who it is, because even though my interactions with this man over the period of a month have lead me to have very strong opinions, I am not trying to create a scandal. I know that this man has rebaptized many under the nose of their bishops.
Anyway, does anyone have thoughts about this? I am particularly interested in what the saints and councils say about this. I figure if I put this out there it might give me some information about this issue I may have overlooked.
It seems pretty important to me.
Thank you all, and Christ be your wisdom.