Thanks Steve, good answer.

> Jerry,
>  I think that Peter, Paul and the other Apostles would have followed Jesus' command in Matthew 
> 28:19 "baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" - one 
> name - three persons. Since the Apostles would not disregard Jesus' command we have to 
> interpret the passages in Acts in that light and not the other way around. I believe the references 
> in Acts were just shortened forms (synecdoche - where the part actually represents the whole) of 
> the Trinitarian formula - The Trinitarian formula is what Christ commanded and it was the 
> Apostles would have used and it is what the Church has done for centuries.
> 
> Peace,
> Steve
> 

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