Baptism “in the Name of the Creator and of the Redeemer and of the Sanctifier”

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith recently issued a response to two questions about whether baptism conferred “in the name of the Creator and of the Redeemer and of the Sanctifier” is valid. The answer is an unsurprising “No.”

Cappello doesn’t address this particular question–probably because the answer is obvious–but he does list as doubtful baptism “in nomine Genitoris et Geniti et Procedentis ab Utroque.” This formula, however, uses names which actually signify the divine Persons in their relations to one another whereas the invalid formula does not.

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