Apostolic Scholar Produces Baptism Books with Unprecedented Historical Support
Posted by Paul Baumeister Aug 22nd, 2010 at 4:43 pm PT
UNITED KINGDOM - August 21, 2010. Mr. Kulwant Singh Boora, an Apostolic scholar, from the United Kingdom has produced some incredible workmanship and discoveries of historical and theological support for Baptism in Jesus name. His books are very well documented and are unlike any other historical research ever written on the subject. After reading the book, I interviewed Mr. Boora personally to find out more and to provide this information to all Apostolics worldwide.
Q: Mr. Boora, as a leading British/European Apostolic author, scholar and writer–who is also an expert on Indian religions growing up in a Sikh Indian family. Tell me about your new books: Apostolic (Acts2:38) and Post-Apostolic Baptism (28:19) volumes 1 and 2?
A: Well, I studied theology and biblical interpretation some years ago with the renowned University of Wales through Kings Evangelical Divinity School. While studying theology, I studied a subject that touched on Apostolic theology, so to speak.
It was this that spring-boarded me to research the subject of baptism in Jesus name in more detail. While researching, it made me realize that Apostolics have commonly quoted the Encyclopedia Britannica and Hasting Dictionary to name a few, for support of baptism in Jesus name. But these were merely top surface materials on the subject, since the greater depth and facts lay uncovered for decades in a theological and historical sense, with the exception of the New Testament of course.
These books cite hundreds of citations that show baptism in Jesus name was performed throughout the ages since the Early Church to the present time. Most of these citations are unheard of in Apostolic circles or resources due to it being researched in Europe instead of United States.
Q: Can you give an example of your research and scholarship?
A: Yes, for example, The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in The Original Greek[1] 1860 A.D., notes the following:
“He that is baptized in the Name of Christ, is baptized in the Name of the Holy Trinity: for the Father and the Holy Spirit are inseparable from the Son. One person of the Holy Trinity does not exclude another but includes it…To be baptized in the Name of Jesus, is to be baptized in the Name of the Triune God, which could not be, unless Jesus Christ were God.”[2]
This foregoing quote recognizes the validity of baptism in the name of Jesus, since the author notes that Jesus is God and in His name is baptism invoked and performed, since in His name (Jesus) includes Father and Holy Ghost, therefore the validity of baptism in the name of Jesus is evident from the above quote. The quote also notes that during that period of time baptism in the name of Jesus flourished, hence the reference to it.
Another example in the United Kingdom is found in a work dated about 1866 A.D., entitled Re-Union of The Church – The Church and the Word Essay on Questions of The Day by Various Writers, which notes that dissenters were starting to baptize regularly in Jesus’ name, probably in Liverpool, England:
“…but the form which is now becoming common among Dissenters “I baptize thee in the Name of the Lord Jesus.”[3]
Another well noted British scholar, the late Professor Arthur James Mason (1851-1928), former Vicar of All Hallows, Barking and Master of Pembroke College Cambridge, and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity Cambridge University (for his bio see Who’s Who, 1905 fifty-seventh year issue p. 35) adds to the list of scholars and is in close proximity to the Anglo-Catholic view, that baptism in the name of Jesus only is a valid form of baptism as recognized by the Catholic Church. A notation of this appears in his work published in 1893 A.D., entitled: The Relation of Confirmation To Baptism As Taught in Holy Scripture and The Fathers (2nd ed.) published by Longsmans, Green & Co., London (1893).
What the late British Cambridge University scholar and professor is informing us, is that, despite the stigma associated with the Jesus only baptismal formula, in that, it being termed by some as invalid despite scriptural evidence (Acts 2:38), the Catholic Church in Rome and the West in this era appeared to accept its candidates as correctly baptized, as noted by the preceding commentator. This view is brought out when discussing the issue of confirmation and baptism. Mason’s work notes quite distinctively that baptism in the name of Jesus is nevertheless sufficient to secure salvation. Thus, as Professor Mason notes (see p. 132 of the version published by Bibliolife, LLC):
“Baptism, though uncompleted by confirmation, is nevertheless sufficient to secure salvation… and this, even if the formula be … only the name of Jesus Christ.”
Therefore, the United Kingdom was home to baptism in the name of Jesus for centuries. However, volumes 1 and 2, as you personally know Mr. Baumeister, contain innumerable references, citations, journals, articles, treaties and book references–with reference to the recent findings from the 9th century in the United Kingdom with respect to possible baptism in the name of Jesus–and thoroughly explains how the ‘actual’ transition took place from Jesus name to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, which is sometimes commonly misunderstood among Apostolic people.
Q: Mr. Boora, I have read your work which has also been read by numerous other people around the world which include pastors, bishops, ministers, students, etc, and it has to be said that it is the most comprehensive well researched, scholarly and academic theological Apostolic work published on baptism in the name of Jesus out there, can you tell us a bit more about your work?
A: I would have to say, that to learn more about the published works, about volumes 1 and 2 can be obtained directly from the publisher Xlibris at the following website: http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/author.aspx?authorid=58258 Or they can contact the Apostolic School of Theology directly and speak with them regarding my work that is being used for university level courses as recommended reading texts for students.

[1] Wordsworth, Charles. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in The Original Greek with Notes and Introduction by CHR Wordsworth, Canon of Westminister, The Acts of The Apostles. Rivington, London (1860).
[2] Ibid at p. 50.
[3] Blenkinopp, Edwin, L. Edited by Rev. Orby Shipley, M.A. Re-Union of The Church – The Church and the Word Essay on Questions of The Day by Various Writers. Longsman, Green, Reader and Dyer, London (1866), p. 180.