On the Correct Formula for Baptism

by Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Descriptive Title

Responses from the CDF on the Correct Formula for Baptism

Description

Responses published on February 01, 2008, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the validity of baptism conferred with two specific formulas.

Publisher & Date

Vatican, February 1, 2008

RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS PROPOSED

on the validity of Baptism conferred with the formulas "I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier" and "I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Liberator, and of the Sustainer".

QUESTIONS

First question: Whether the Baptism conferred with the formulas "I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier" and "I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Liberator, and of the Sustainer" is valid?

Second question: Whether the persons baptized with those formulas have to be baptized in forma absoluta?

RESPONSES

To the first question: Negative.

To the second question: Affirmative.

The Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI, at the Audience granted to the undersigned Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved these Responses, adopted in the Ordinary Session of the Congregation, and ordered their publication.

Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, February 1, 2008.

William Cardinal Levada
Prefect

Angelo Amato, S.D.B. Titular Archbishop of Sila
Secretary

See A New 'Response' of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: Validity of Baptism.

This item 8056 digitally provided courtesy of CatholicCulture.org