Non-Orthodox who enter the Orthodox Church

[New Legacy]

If a protestant is baptized in the trinitarian formula, do they need to be baptized when entering? Is it considered conditional? In the Catholic Church if there is some doubt about the validity it begins with "If you have not already been baptized..."

Are Catholics who are joining have their sacraments accepted?

 

[Anhelyna]

This is not a question for laity to answer - each priest will deal with it in the way his Bishop wishes.

 

[New Legacy]

This is not a question for laity to answer - each priest will deal with it in the way his Bishop wishes.

That is what I thought and would explain my confusion on the issue.

 

[GreekOrthodox]

"In general", Catholics and trinitarian Protestants are received by chrismation. My family, who were LCMS, was received this way.

 

[Knee V]

What they said.

 

[InnerPhyre]

I was received from Roman Catholicism into Orthodoxy via Chrismation. Different bishops have the right to make different decisions in this regard, however.

 

[ArmyMatt]

yeah, Chrismation is the norm for someone who was baptized in a Trinitarian way with water. it all depends on the bishop and the priest.

 

[Knee V]

To be a little more specific:

There are canons relating to the reception of certain heretical and schismatic groups into the church. Those canons are very old, and many of the groups that they pertain to no longer exist (some of them do, like the Copts, for example). But when it comes to the overwhelmingly vast majority - and probably *all* - of the modern day non-Orthodox groups, there are no canons (at least no universal canons) that we can reference as a rule. Thus, in the absence of universal canons for the reception of modern-day non-Orthodox groups, it is up to the discretion of the individual bishop or synod of bishops led by their archbishop/metropolitan. Thus it may vary from bishop to bishop, and from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.