Stan,
This thread began with this statement from The Nicene Creed, 'I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins'.
Could we glean support for this statement from these verses?
Rom 6:3-4 (ESV), '3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life'. Douglas Moo, in his commentary on Romans, considers that 'burial with Christ' in this passage
Gal 3:27 (ESV), 'For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ'.
Eph 4:5 (ESV), 'one Lord, one faith, one baptism'.
Col 2:12 (ESV), 'having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead'.
1 Peter 3:20-21 (ESV), 'because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ'.
I consider that Douglas Moo's explanation of Romans 6:3-4 (ESV) is an excellent one in describing the issue that is summarised in The Nicene Creed, 'I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins'. There is adequate biblical evidence to support such a view.
I do not have the time to investigate the other verses in support of this view. However, Col 2:12 (ESV) is a strong parallel verse
Oz