This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Rebaptism Issue Echoes in Ecumenical Movement Debates
The rebaptism of Luci Johnson, daughter of President Johnson, triggers renewed debate among church scholars on ecumenism. Vatican leaders advocate baptism as a unifying rite, while researchers note rebaptism reflects questions about sacramental validity across Catholic and Protestant lines. A Washington meeting of Episcopal and Catholic theologians concluded rebaptism and conditional baptism conflict with traditional doctrine, yet the broader ecumenical accord remains unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luci Johnson
Johnson
Ed Press
George W. Cornell
New York
John XXIII
Augustin Cardinal Bea
Vatican Secretariat ‘For Christian Unity
Christ
Donald H. W. Hallock
Milwaukee
Charles H. Helmsing
Kansas City-St. Joseph
Washington, D.C
Episcopal Church