Sentences with phrase «baptism by proxy»
That's why we Mormons believe in some component of works (think service, baptism, going to church, etc.) and have a provision for baptism by proxy for those that have passed and did not have the chance during this life.
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This baptism by proxy seems fairly presumptuous on the part of Mormons.
I doubt they ever backtracked on their baptism by proxy policy for Holocaust victims.
Do you believe Baptism for th dead / baptism by proxy as prophesied by Joseph Smith for the purpose of allowing non-Mormons into heaven (and that it takes a «gentile» 3 years to get their named removed from the Mormon church roles after having being baptized into the LDS church) 8.
Baptism by proxy?
Case 3: Mormons are right, and spirits are required to have an authorized baptism the Mormon way, by a person with a physical body here on earth... Then the person who received the baptism by proxy (after learning the truth... after death) can either reject it and go on their happy way, or may be pretty happy to receive it.
By offering these people baptism by proxy, everyone who has ever lived gets the same opportunity.
You cant baptize a spirit, so this is why there are temple baptisms by proxy.
When I was twelve I did my first baptisms by proxy in the Swiss temple.
Not exact matches
I am personally offended by the practice of «proxy baptism», as should be anyone who choses to practice a religion — or choses not to.
He has therefore authorized baptisms to be performed by proxy for them.
If by some amazing coincidence the Flying Spaghetti Monster church is not true, then your proxy baptism for me will be null and void in the afterlife anyways, since it wasn't authorized by God.
Mormons baptize the dead by proxy so that all have the CHOICE to accept the blessing of Jesus Christ that he offers through baptism.
CNN: After Anne Frank baptism, Mormons vow to discipline members Reacting to a report that well - known Holocaust victim Anne Frank had been baptized by proxy in a Mormon temple, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints says it is committed to disciplining members of its church who conducted such baptisms, which violate church policy.
(CNN)- Reacting to a report that well - known Holocaust victim Anne Frank had been baptized by proxy in a Mormon temple, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints says it is committed to disciplining members of its church who conducted such baptisms, which violate church policy.
I can't quite figure out what has people upset about this??? If you don't believe that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true, then I am guessing you probably don't believe that the ordinance of proxy baptism that has been done by member of that church actually means anything.
The worst thing that can be said about proxy baptisms (by a non-believer) is that it is an act of misguided charity.
Congratulations, you just announced the Mormon view of these baptisms - by - proxy!
By the reaction to this it almost feels like the proxy baptism has validity in the afterlife to those being proxy baptized.
Bonhoeffer follows a Lutheran position on infant baptism, in which faith is located by proxy in the congregation rather than the infant.
Why are just people of the Jewish faith exempt from proxy baptisms by Mormons?
proxy baptisms are only for deceased people, so how could you have been baptized by proxy?
Vicarious baptisms are usually performed by LDS youth, often brought to a temple in groups and then repeatedly baptised as proxies for a list of deceased persons; most of the time, the proxy has never heard of the person they are representing.
Mormons are «Christians» with a lot of very strange twists — I know nothing about diapers, but they do believe in retroactive baptism (that is, ater you are dead, and without your permission) and that you are only permanently married in the afterlife if you get married in one of two physical structures, but if you can't get there, you can get married by proxy.
The LDS Church and Jewish leaders in New York are looking forward to working together on relief efforts and other endeavors after announcing Wednesday the resolution of a sticky dispute: posthumous proxy baptisms by Mormons of Jewish Holocaust victims.