Settling this once and for all!

[Paul Younan]

Hi Paul,

I appreciated your post about baptism being essential to salvation. Now to dig deeper, may you tell me:

Does CoE teach that sins are removed after going into the water? (To better word it, does CoE teach baptismal justification?)

In the West, [most Protestant] churches do what is called the 'Sinner's Prayer'. The Sinner's Prayer is this: faith + repentance + a prayer = justification.

I am curious about what CoE teaches.

~DC

Have you ever read of the historical account of Mar Tamasgerd? If not, you should google his name and read his moving story. For in it you can find out much about the theology of the CoE.

Here is a picture of the church built over the site where this all happened.

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+Shamasha