W imię Jezusa czy Trójcy Świętej? Kilka Uwag o formułach chrzcielnych

Abstract

Being a Christian begins from the moment of baptism. In baptism a human being professes the faith in the Holy Trinity to be able to receive forgiveness and sanctifying grace. Apostolic Church used two baptismal formulas: Christological and Trinitarian. The discussion on these formulas precedence has still been open. This article aims at drawing attention to consequences of unambiguous advocating the priority of the Christological formula and treating the Trinitarian formula as secondary. It seems that caution in the evaluation of historical precedence must be special here due to the continuity of maintaining one sacramental economy in Church. Both formulas were probably present in first Christian communities, and establishing the Trinitarian formula resulted from the Church awareness increase.