One Word Technicality

[Axtremus]

https://www.comicsands.com/az-priest-thousands-baptisms-wrong-2656679203.html

Father Andres Arango [since resigned] had been faithfully performing the sacraments at his parish in Phoenix for seven years when his error became public knowledge. In performing the sacrament of baptism, the priest is meant to say “I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
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Father Arango had been saying "WE baptize you in the name of..." instead of "I."
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The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix ultimately made the call to expose the minister's error and make it public.
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“It is not the community that baptizes a person and incorporates them into the Church of Christ; rather, it is Christ, and Christ alone, who presides at all sacraments,” said the diocese.

“Therefore, it is Christ who baptizes. If you were baptized using the wrong words, that means your baptism is invalid, and you are not baptized.”

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Don't know how many baptisms have been thus invalidated.

[Doctor Phibes]

It's nice to see that pedantic nonsense is making a comeback. Like sarcasm, it has almost completely died out in recent years.

I wonder if they'll get any financial donations made during the process returned?

[xenon]

Why does we have to mean the community (is that what the Priest had in mind)? It could be the royal we, yeah?

[Doctor Phibes]

@xenon said in One Word Technicality:

It could be the royal we, yeah?

Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

[Renauda]

@doctor-phibes

….or Holy Goat.

[Doctor Phibes]

Irish comedian Dave Allen said he grew up thinking that Catholic funerals ended with 'Father, Son, and into the hole he goes'

[Catseye3]

@axtremus said in One Word Technicality:

The Catholic Diocese of Phoenix

Aka the PETA of the local Church.