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Hi everyone I've been thinking about some passages from the bible and it seems to me as if they deny Catholic teaching on the Sacraments. Now I don't think that they actually do but that I simply don't understand, however I plan on posting my dilemma in the hopes someone here can explain to me where I go wrong. So here I go. First of all I'd like to ask a question that I think the answer to is yes and the only reason I really ask is because if it is no ( which I'm almost positive it isn't) then dilemma solved. So does the church teach that the Holy Spirit enters someone on their baptism with water?
Now like I said I'm almost positive that the answer is yes but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. So my continuing questions are assuming I was right about the first question. So in Acts 8:9-18 it says that Philip baptizes these people in the name of Jesus and then because they haven't received the Holy Spirit the apostles Peter and John come to lay hands on them. Now I assume that the laying on of hands this case could be equated with Confirmation but it sounds as if it is saying that the Holy Spirit is being received at Confirmation rather than simply his complete gifts. Now it says that they where baptized in the name of Jesus. In my mind this leaves the possibility that they werent baptized correctly so only their sins where forgiven but if this is true would they not need to be baptized again before being confirmed? Or if the baptism was valid and the wording is just funny does that mean they didn't receive the Holy Spirit at their baptism? And if so does that disagree with church teaching? The same thing seems to be said in Acts 19:5-6. But in Acts 2:3-8 it seems as if the opposite is true and the Holy Sprit is received on baptism. Sorry If My above Ideas are a little jumbled but Im really confused on the whole matter.
Now like I said I'm almost positive that the answer is yes but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. So my continuing questions are assuming I was right about the first question. So in Acts 8:9-18 it says that Philip baptizes these people in the name of Jesus and then because they haven't received the Holy Spirit the apostles Peter and John come to lay hands on them. Now I assume that the laying on of hands this case could be equated with Confirmation but it sounds as if it is saying that the Holy Spirit is being received at Confirmation rather than simply his complete gifts. Now it says that they where baptized in the name of Jesus. In my mind this leaves the possibility that they werent baptized correctly so only their sins where forgiven but if this is true would they not need to be baptized again before being confirmed? Or if the baptism was valid and the wording is just funny does that mean they didn't receive the Holy Spirit at their baptism? And if so does that disagree with church teaching? The same thing seems to be said in Acts 19:5-6. But in Acts 2:3-8 it seems as if the opposite is true and the Holy Sprit is received on baptism. Sorry If My above Ideas are a little jumbled but Im really confused on the whole matter.
