Bagi para rekan-rekan Katolik,
Berikut adalah pendapat soal Baptisan (selam) :
Council of Nice, A.D. 325:
“He who is baptized descends indeed, obnoxious to sins, and held with the corruptions of slavery; but he ascends free from the slavery of sins, a son of God, heir-yea, co-heir-with Christ, having put on Christ, as it is written, ‘As many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ’.”
Fourth Council of Toledo, A.D. 633:
“For shunning the schism (trine immersion) or the use of an heretical practice, we observe a single immersion in baptism . . . For the immersion in the waters is a descent, as it were into the grave; and, again, the emersion from the waters is a resurrection.”
Council of Worms, A.D. 868:
“While some priests baptized with three immersions, and others with one, a schism was raised, endangering the unity of the church “
Council of Tribur, A.D. 895:
“Trine immersion is an imitation of the three days burial, and the rising again out of the water is an image of Christ rising from the grave.”
The Synod of Cologne, A.D. 1280:
“He who baptizes, when he immerses the candidate in water, shall neither add to the words, or take away from them, or change them.”
Council of Ravenna, A.D. 1311:
“Baptism is to be administered by tribe immersion or aspersion.” (aspersion means “sprinkling” = percik).
Dlm sejarah Gereja Katolik Roma, cara baptis yg dgunakan adalah selam (immersion) dan percik (sprinkling) hanya jika situasi darurat.
Barulah setelah konsili Ravenna, cara percik atau tuang digunakan sbg metode baptis yang baru (mggantikan selam).
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Nah, saya ndak ngerti apa alasannya di abad 14 jd percik/tuang sbg metode baru, tp sblm itu, cara yg sah adl selam.
Buat saya, jika mau myakini percik/tuang sbg metode baru, ya terserah.
Tp yg pasti selam itu dulunya metode sah (walau tidak di sungai Yordan).
