Possibly so, although truth be told I couldn't care lessKaiserStalin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 8:12 pmMy point was that your personal interpretation of what an acceptable baptism is isn't necessarily an interpretation that was commonly held in the time period
Indeed, and late baptism and death bed baptism are very different thingsKaiserStalin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 8:12 pmI brought up modern examples of late baptism to highlight that different Christian denominations have different ideas of how baptism works and what is an acceptable and valid baptism.
So?KaiserStalin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 8:12 pmWhen Constantine was baptized, many Roman christians waited to get baptized until later in life, he was far from unique in trying this "loophole"
You reckon? If hell exists I dare say it's full of saints. A lot of them were absolute arseholes.KaiserStalin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 8:12 pmAlso, it would seem a bit weird that a canonized saint (at least in the Eastern Orthodox Church) has a "special place in hell".