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To: silverleaf; a fool in paradise
baptism is for the child, no matter whose arms it rests in during the service

Baptism is for the child yes but infant baptism demands that the Parents and God Parents profess their faith. The Parents are the first teachers of the child in the faith, therefore one of the requirements for baptism into the Catholic Church is that there is the hope that the child will be raised in the Catholic faith. One of the sponsors also has to have received the sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation).

50 posted on 02/01/2010 12:02:18 PM PST by frogjerk
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To: frogjerk

Only if the baptism is to be perfmmred by a Catholic priest in a Catholic church

but any Christian baptism is a Christian baptism, per Catholic practice. Personal experience.


51 posted on 02/01/2010 12:18:46 PM PST by silverleaf (My Proposed Federal Budget is $29.99)
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