“I ACKNOWLEDGE ONLY ONE BAPTISM FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS” AND REBAPTISM

Abstract

The article starts from the situation of the rebaptism practiced by the Orthodox Church in Georgia and by other churches, as well as from the scarce attention given to the phenomenon in the ecumenical world, with the intention of reaffirm through the analysis of the first Christian symbols, the reflections of the fathers up to Augustine, theposition of the Roman Catholic Church and some ecumenical documents, the importance of the “I acknowledge only one baptism for theremission of sins”.