Last year the great churches in Germany (protest./rom.cath./orthod.) signed a statement of mutual recognition of the baptism.
Here are the first two paragraphs (excuse please my very bad translation):
Jesus Christ is our salvation. Through him God has defeated the sinners distance from God (Rom.5,10), to make us sons and daughters of God. Baptism as participation at the mystery of Christs death and resurrection means to be born new in Jesus Christ. He who receives this sacrament and in faith says Yes to the love of God, becomes united with Christ and at the same time with His people of all times and all places. As a sign of the unity of all christians the baptism connects with Jesus Christ, the foundation of this unity. Despite of differences in the comprehension of what „church“ means, there is between us a fundamental agreement of the baptism.
Therefore we recognize every baptism, that is in accordance with the order of Jesus in the Name of the Father and The Son and The Holy Spirit and carried out with the symbol-act of dunking in water or rather pouring with water. And we are glad about every person who gets baptized. This mutual Agreement of Baptism is a expression of the bond of peace grounding in Christ Jesus (Ephes.4,4-6). The in this way carried out baptism is once only (single) and not repeatable.
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