> Ah yes. And why not tho of course use the respective oil for each Sacrament. Blessings. GDVW+ > Read the whole thingy Father. I was speaking of the use of salt and > oils at Baptism not the Baptism itself. If we're going to use oil lets > just confirm the little rascal while we're at it. > gms+ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Rev GDVWiebe SSC.,PhD <gdvw@...> > To: faithandlife@... > Sent: Wed, 30 May 2007 16:25:07 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [FaithandLife] Almost But Not Quite? > > > > > > >> Father: Really! 'quasi sacrament'? Thats a new one. Blessings. GDVW+ > > > > > "We've had this discussion many times before: is a child to be admitted > to >> Eucharist based on his or her baptism (i.e., full inclusion in the >> covenant >> people of God - and that's not simply a Calvinist idea as Calvin > himself >> simply borrowed it from antiquity) or is confirmation the hinge-pin?" >> >> What makes it a quasi-sacrament is that you are asserting that the > child >> is thereby admitted to the HC. Not true - not even antiquity. > Antiquity is >> on the side of the Orthodox, not the West. The Calvinistic idea is an >> assault against Confirmation as a sacrament. Yes confirmation is the >> hinge, at least it is to the Orthodox and our order as well. Why not > just >> return to the Eastern practice, which is the oldest anyway? The > reason is >> because it would take a long time to teach the laity and we would lose >> people in the process. But the answer is not to simply ignore the > proper >> order and do what we want to do. Remember that's is our major > complaint >> against other jurisdictions that lay some claim to the Anglican way. >> gms+ >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: >> faithandlife-unsubscribe@... >> > > > > ----------------------------------------- > Celebrate the Easter/Lent Season with Catholic Online! > http://www.catholic.org/clife/lent/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > ----------------------------------------- Celebrate the Easter/Lent Season with Catholic Online! http://www.catholic.org/clife/lent/