![]() The trinitarians tend to follow the Matthew 28 formula where Jesus instructs his disciples to baptize in the Name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit. If so, it's pretty simple.the oneness folks are taking the biblical baptism examples of "in the name of Jesus Christ" (Acts 2) or "In the name of the Lord Jesus" (Acts 19) etc - and are considering these biblical examples to be the formula laid out by scripture, and as such, are to be practiced. You don't have to tell them how you got baptized, or that you want to re-baptize, if you're not comfortable with that.Īs you can see, this is still a very controversial subject and everyone seems to have their own opinion.Īm I reading your question correctly, that you're wondering why there's different modes of baptism between oneness and trinitarian denominations? Ultimately, your personal relationship to God, and your journey, trumps whatever anyone tells you. I think that you should do your own soul searching and find out what you feel comfortable with your own beliefs. The Bible mentions both ways of baptism being done, with neither being any more right or wrong than the other. I think it is really just up to the individual and the church to decide what interpretation feels right to them. The spirit and meaning of the ritual stays the same. I think it's a waste of time and just theatrics to be re-baptized at every church you go to. I personally wouldn't bother worrying about it, since every church is different, and we usually don't stay in one church our entire lives. but I think that churches prefer it this way, just to "other" people, shame them for going to another church or having different beliefs. I think that it should be just done under both names if it's so contentious. However this question has always bothered me. I used to go to a church that did it under the Trinity, my mom got baptized that way and then she got re-baptized under Jesus at a Oneness church. ![]()
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