“The doctor [Martin Luther] was asked whether a man who is about to die and couldn't have the whole sacrament from the papists did the right thing when he administered the sacrament [460] to themselves. He replied, 'No! At least two persons must always be there, the one who gives and the one who receives. So in an emergency a woman can baptize, that the child doesn't baptize himself. If a person can't have access to the sacrament, faith is enough,.....
…. But it isn't right for a person to administer the sacrament to himself.” Tabletalk, Heydenreich #5579, LW, AE, 54:459-460
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