Anglican-Lutheran Agreed Statement on Baptism
Movers Smith, S.M.
That this General Synod:
(i) receives the Anglican-Lutheran Agreed Statement on Baptism, with thanks to God for our ‘one Baptism for
the forgiveness of sins’;
(ii) recognises that the Baptism of the Anglican and the Lutheran Churches confers the same benefits upon
those baptised;
(iii) approves the investigation of the provision of a common Baptismal Certificate;
(iv) refers this motion and the Agreed Statement to the Doctrine Commission for consideration.
(Archdeacon S.M. Smith, 28.8.81)
Resolution year: 1981
Resolution number: 56/81