Vatican rules on Baptismal language
Saturday, 1st March 2008
By: George Conger

BAPTISMAL liturgies that omit the masculine names of the persons of the Trinity are invalid, the Roman Catholic Church has declared.

In a statement released on Feb 29, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said variations or approximations of the words “Father, Son and Holy Ghost” were impermissible. Persons baptized in the name of the “Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer” were to be treated as being “unbaptized” under Catholic Canon law.

"Baptism conferred in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit," the explanatory note accompanying the statement said “obeys Jesus' command as it appears at the end of the Gospel of St Matthew.” the rest image