I'm obviously speaking of the official definition of membership which included the baptized? If I was speaking to one who was good willed and not trying to undermine me you would not have pretended not to notice the obvious.
After all these years I'm not sure how I still fall into the trap of still over-estimating you.
Obviously FULL membership (or membership
simpliciter) includes only the baptized. Unfortunately, you are not acquainted with the notion of the DISTINCTION. And of course you have no business attempting theology with that kind of ignorance. Those in the partial membership camp distinguish membership and say that while one cannot have full membership
simpliciter, one can still have a partial membership
secundum quid. They're arguing precisely that you can have membership
secundum quid. But, then I might as well be speaking Chinese to you here.