Question:
Would the baptism of a person who knowingly rejects an official teaching of the Catholic Church be valid?
Answer:
Yes. The baptisms by heretics and schismatics are considered perfectly valid (Council of Trent, session VII, canon IV). The minimum faith required for adult baptism would be a belief in the Trinity and a willingness to be a disciple of Jesus. They are not required to have a fully developed understanding of the Faith.
“The faith required for baptism is not a perfect and mature faith but a beginning that is called to develop” (Catechism 1253).
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