What is catholic baptism

This is done by pouring water on the head of the candidate while saying the Trinitarian formula for Baptism: "I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit". Baptism is necessary for salvation for all those to whom the Gospel has been proclaimed and who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament. Since Christ died for the salvation of all, those can be saved without Baptism who die for the faith Baptism of blood.

Catechumens and all those who, even without knowing Christ and the Church, still under the impulse of grace sincerely seek God and strive to do his will can also be saved without Baptism Baptism of desire.

The Church in her liturgy entrusts children who die without Baptism to the mercy of God. Baptism takes away original sin, all personal sins and all punishment due to sin. It makes the baptized person a participant in the divine life of the Trinity through sanctifying grace, the grace of justification which incorporates one into Christ and into his Church.

It gives one a share in the priesthood of Christ and provides the basis for communion with all Christians. It bestows the theological virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. A baptized person belongs forever to Christ. He is marked with the indelible seal of Christ character. The name is important because God knows each of us by name, that is, in our uniqueness as persons.

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Or how can they have a new set of godparents? I am catholic and husband is Jewish and I would like for our son when he is born to be baptized. My husband is in support of this decision but our child will not grow up just purely in the catholic church. He will also learn about Judaism and there traditions, would this be a problem with baptism? When we got married my husband was not Catholic.

It was presented that as the Catholic parent it was my responsibility to ensure that my child was receiving a full Catholic upbringing. I understand out to be that your husband would not husbandwould the one to offer your child for baptism, so he may not be required to say the prayer responses.

The Church may require that both of the Godparents be Catholic, though in traditional baptism only one being Catholic is required. They may be funny about it if you mention that you plan to teach booth religions.

Their expectation will be that the child is bright to church weekly and learns catechism to prepare for first communion. I personally can understand your desire to do both and allow your child to choose. I hope this helps a bit. Best wishes.

Infant baptism is not Biblical, and was introduced only by tthe Catholic church as a means of controlling the population many centuries ago. By baptizing infants, the church could claim membership and control of more people, since the decision was made before the child could be old enough to actually understand and accept Christ into their heart and life.

Finally someone else who understands the truth! My heart grieves over so many God-lovers who have been and are still being led so far from the truth.

How can we reach them?? I wonder if this will get posted or deleted? Thus, your assertion is blatantly unbiblical! A story about infant baptism: When stalin took , kids out of poland and deposited them in siberia, those without parents were billeted with resident siberians. The little catholic girl took this abandoned child and felt strongly to baptise it. It began getting better from that moment. Child baptism may do a whole lot of good and it will do no harm. It is immaterial if the child is aware of it or not.

Would have saved so many lives. I was baptized Catholic at My wife and I have been divorced for 2 years. She was not a practicing Catholic until she was forced to move out of our home for physically abusing myself and out 6 year old at the time daughter who has chromosomal abnormalities and severe autism.

Under the demands of her father, my ex began attending church again. I requested that my ex begin to support the therapy that I have our daughter in, and allow her to get better and to the point that she understands and can decide for herself. I requested we revisit the issue when our daughter reached the age of 16, and then we would see where she was by then.

My wife went behind my back and had our daughter baptized last week. I am confused as to how this could happen. WH hat official in the church would baptize an autistic 8 year old girl without the consent of both parents?

I would appreciate any feedback. Canon The infant of infidels , even over the objections of the parents, is licitly baptized when life is so threatened that it is prudently foreseen that death will result before the infant attains the use of reason. Outside of danger of death, provided provision is made for Catholic education, and infant is licitly baptized if:. Generally the norms specified in the above canons are to be observed in the case of the baptism of an infant of two heretics or schismatics, or of two Catholics who have fallen into apostasy, or heresy, or schism.

If such a hope is truly lacking, the baptism is, in accordance with the provisions of particular law, to be deferred and the parents advised of the reason for this. An infant of Catholic parents, and indeed even of non-Catholic parents, may in danger of death be baptized even if the parents are opposed to it.

They only need consent of the Catholic parent. An aside, given your daughter has significant communication difficulties, she may understand some concepts without anyone else knowing. Obviously, I reside on a different part of the autism spectrum than she does, and I also have other disabilities, but I struggle with different degrees of things than my best friend and my partner do.

I started attending my new local Catholic church and joined the group for those wishing to convert to Catholicism and re-done the course from start to finish.

I was due to be received into the church three years ago at Easter. However just a week before Easter, I along with some other members of the group was not able to be received into the church, which was such a disappointment for me, not to mention inconvenient, as we had asked close friends and family to share the occasion with me. The reason was because I had been married before, and although I was now divorced and re-married, I was told I would have to get my first marriage annulled and then marry my present husband again in the Catholic Church before I could be received into it.

I was told the Priest would see to everything, but never heard anything more and I have still not been received into the church. Two years ago, three of my daughters had their own daughters my grandchildren Baptised at the church, so they became Catholics. Our family used to be Catholic, but over the generations, had become C of E and wanted to change back, so decided that having the children Baptised as Catholics was the first rung on the ladder.

The same Priest who took me for my course performed the Baptisms. Due to my worsening disabilities, I am unable to get to weekday mass recently, but I still consider myself to be following the Catholic path. I read a Catholic Bible, have my Rosary and many Catholic religious artefacts displayed around my home.

I need 24 hour care now and this is provided by my daughters. Yes we would invite the Godparents and Family back for some light refreshments after the Baptism, because it is only polite to do so, but we are not the kind of family to drink alcohol and have a knees up, that is just not our style.

The Priest has suggested we go to the C of E Church in the town, which is not what we want at all, as we want the grandchildren to be Catholics and not C of E. Does anyone know if there is somewhere I can approach to ask if what we have been told is correct and if we have any way of appealing the decision? Can we approach any other Catholic Church and ask them to Baptise the Children, or will we receive the same response? I have heard of this type of situation occurring often.

Some priests tend to lose sight of the fact that they are servants to their parisheners and not the other way round. You should try another parish as they are not all automatically suspicious of ones motives for wanting to join the church. Unfortunately the Catholic church will insist that you have your previous marriage annulled before they will allow you to receive Confirmation and that will be following at least months of RCIA instruction.

The annullment could take time if it is granted. Perhaps a priest from another parish may also be more open to baptise the children as well. I hope your health has improved and that you do not feel alone and unkindly turned away from the very place that should be giving you comfort. The Uniting Church appears to me to be more considerate and welcoming of divorced and remarried people. Go where you feel welcome to celebrate your faith.

All the best. The older priests are painfull. Demanding and not helpful. They are the reason people are turning away from the church. We are having issues with the priest in our parish holding us to ransom. He is giving us a hard time about getting a letter so we can have both our grandchildren baptised together in another church.

Why is bring a catholic so difficult? You may want to find clergy versed in canonical law or speak to the bishop. Yes, the marriage will have to be annulled, but given your health situation, you may be able to skip RCIA.

My priest opted to privately instruct me vs RCIA. I am a Roman Catholic and I will be soon marrying a Hindu Boy and I wish to get married in Church and if the boy has to get baptized what are the formalities and procedures to do it before marriage and what is the time frame taken for these procedures and the boy does not want to convert as a christian, please suggest.

He does not have to convert in order for you to marry in the church. He does however have to view marriage according to the church and agree that your children together will be Catholic. There is a form that your pastor would have to sign about disparity of faith, and during the pre-marital interviews, the priest can decide whether your fiancee understands the sacrament of matrimony and the wedding can then proceed.

It is possible to have two faiths in a marriage and live happily. You will not be able to be married in the Catholic Church though. That is the harsh reality of being a Catholic marrying a non Catholic.

In the eyes of the Catholic Church your marriage will also be invalid and you will not be able to take part in Communion. If being Catholic is that important to you then you have a rather harsh decision to make. Many many years ago the couple had to stand at the side of the alter if one was non-catholic but even that is no longer the case. I am a Deacon and almost none of what you are saying is accurate. A non Catholic can marry a Catholic in the Church and it would be valid. Go speak to your local parish.

You will have to agree to raise your children in the Church however — which is a good thing. If you love the Church, why would you want to deny this to your children?

What kind of spouse would want you to deny this? I am a cathlolic priest and totally agree with Deacon Miller. The catholic party is asked to promise to remain catholic and promises to raise all children from that marriage in the catholic tradition.

Hi, I am a catholic from Australia. She no longer has contact with her parents. She has her birth certificate. She has a willing godmother and godfather.

Thankyou Jarrad. Yes she can as long as she is of age, and as long as the godparents are living in acrodance with the teachings of the Church. Hi, I am baptised anglican and my husband who is the step father of my children is Catholic. Their biological father has chosen not to be a part of thrir lives. They attend a Catholic school and we attend catholic church. Can they be baptised catholic?

My husband and I are currently planning our two babies baptism, my question is about Godparents we have chosen 4 Godparents for our kids, is this okay or does it have to be only 2? One is a confirmed catholic. You need at least two catholic Godparents male and female , but you can have as many as you want with permission of your priest. We were allowed to have four Godparents per child, some not needing to attend the baptism because they live in a different country.

The ones that live around us did need to participate. Again, you will need to talk to your priest to see what they allow as with marriages, each church can be different depending on diocese and priest.

They would be thrilled to help you prepare for Baptism. God bless you! The hospital priest baptized her before surgery. We want to put the proper wording on the invite. I trust everything worked out well.

Your child received what is called conditional baptism. Conditional baptism is normally administered when a dire circumstance exists such as that of your grandchild had. Your children can simply announce that they are having a baptism at the church and that all are invited.

Hello, We have twins who we want to get baptized at our local Catholic Church. My question is — our godparents we have chosen two couples one each for child , one partner is catholic and all of the others are all members of Church of England or other churches. Thank you…. Hi Trish, I was told by my church that at least one of the godparents have to be Catholic. This must be a new rule because my two other children were baptized and we did not have to show proof.

We are now having difficulty picking godparents because neither godparents that we want are active members of a catholic church. If my third child is not able to be baptized at the church that my other two kids were baptized in also did first communion, and I got married in this church we will no longer attend this church.

Picking god parents should be taking seriously and not just pick someone just because they are Catholic; rather as long as they have the same beliefs as you do. Hi Trish, it is actually very important to pick the right Godparents. The very purpose of the Godparent is to help raise your kids in the faith. I hope this helps. And I invite everyone to keep learning and growing in our Faith, and love of God.

Warm regards. My husband and I have been married throw court for 13 yrs. And we both are catholics. Can we still batize a child if we are ever asked? Even thou we are not married by church? I did it before and it helped me a great deal, to the point of getting reunited with my Faith and ending up marrying through the Church.

I hope it helps you. Is Baptism always done only with water? Does oil ever come into it or is hat for something else? Do Catholics baptize someone by: 1. Pouring water on their head 2, Sprinkling water on them 3. Immersing the entire body in water. Hello, I was raised Catholic, went to Catholic school, was baptized and received confirmation. I however am not a practicing Catholic nor do I have any intentions of raising my children as such. But my grandmother, a devote Catholic, earnestly wants me to baptize my two boys so that they will have the Holy Spirit and Guardian Angel and to be protected from the Devil.

She is 85 and I know this is something that is on her mind daily. She worries for their eternal souls and brings it up every time we speak. I looked up Catholic baptisms and read about having to attend Sunday School for 6 months and go to Church, etc. He was not raised Catholic or any religion. How old are your sons? Dear Tatiana, Sometimes it sounds too funny to hear some old people speaking wisdom. However, remember the 4th commandment in the Bible.

A Prophet is someone God uses to deliver message to you with confirmation. It is for the children betterness in the future. Local Priest kept on pressurizing for the Baptism of the child. My friend had also said that Church may baptize the child as it is his right as she was delivered by christian women however church should keep the father of the child column blank; further if she want to add someone else name she is free to do it.

However the tribunal court Bishop house asked to baptize the child without informing the husband of the mother of the child and has also added his name of the father above that they have also issue the baptism certificate to the mother of the child. Was it fare. We believe that church has made injustice with my friend. Hi, my name is BrittAny. Brittany if you want to get baptized in the Catholic church, it would take six months. You would go once a week to learn things about the Catholic church.

To get Baptized in a non Catholic church is allot easier. Pick a church you like, When they have a song at the end of the church inviting those who want to get saved, you just walk up to the front of the church. Tell the preacher what you would like to do, and he will set up a day for you to get baptized. I have a situation that I need a Catholic priest to clarify. This church is the 22nd fastest growing church in the nation. Her mom continues to verbally reprimand her child for her baptism.

Her mom has told her that this has ruined her family and damaged relationships. All because a mom believes her child was not ready for baptism. I strongly believe that if God calls a person to act upon what their faith dictates them to do, who is to say otherwise.

Please correct me if I am wrong. Just wondering what a Catholic view would be on this matter. Maybe the mother felt her daughter should have been baptized in the Catholic church. But the Catholic church does recognize if someone was baptized in another church, and wants to convert to become a Catholic. The person would have to show a paper saying when they where baptized. Like proof of being baptized. Well Robbie, as long as the proper form and matter were used, she is now baptised and cannot be baptised again even in the Catholic Church.

Form and matter is simply invoking the Trinity, I baptise you in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and you use water. Hopefully Mom and daughter can make up and even go see a priest and ask to come back into communion with the Catholic Church.

Both were baptized in the Catholic Church. We are not going to find new Godparents. Is this the case at all Catholic Churches? Most priests want the god parents to have been confirmed and be actively practicing the religion going to church regularly. I Think some churches are more strict than others. Canon of the Code of Canon Law says that sponsors godparents are to be given insofar as possible.

They are not required. Please help me with this. I have been through so much and at the age of 25 I got diagnosed with a terminal illness. Losing my faith was basically took over me. I want my faith back. I am baptized as catholic but want to be recleanes and rebaptized still as a catholic.

Can I be rebaptized? I believe that partaking in the Sacrements of Reconcilliation will bring you the peace that you are searching for.

Antoni, first let me say you are now on my prayer list. There is good news here for you but first the bad news. No you cannot be baptised a second time and no priest or deacon is going to do it not even at the Easter Vigil. The only condition for baptism is that you have never been baptised before.

So now the good news, the Catholic Church has two other Sacraments one of which is Penance, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, or known as confession. You need to have a priest come see you and make a full confession of your sins and Christ operating through the Priest will give you the pardon and peace you are looking for. Next when the illness takes it toll and you are nearing the end of your life here on earth tell your loved ones they are to call the priest to give you the anointing of the sick.

While the priest anoints you with oil and prays over you, you become reconciled with God and the whole Church. You will also receive a gift from the holy spirit, strength, peace and courage to endure the hardships you are facing. The most significant thing with this sacrament is the suffering you have been going through is united to the passion of Christ which is the very work of salvation.

This sacrament completes the conformity to Christs, suffering and death just where baptism started. I am newly engaged and beginning to make plans for our wedding. We are planning to get married at our venue. I am in the same situation as you. The christian faith was founded on the basis that it would be freely spread around the world. Baptism is the first sacrament. As long as the sponsors parents or guardians of young children pledge to raise them as a christian then it should not be a problem.

The one parent who is religious probably should be making their presence at the church you will be choosing to baptize your future children. This is just my interpretation. The baptismal promise includes the promise that you will do your best to raise your child in the Catholic faith.

Why would you want your child baptized in a faith that you do not want to get married in? Why would a priest do that? If you force them to go elsewhere or nowhere , there is almost no chance. If you are both already Catholic then you would have to be married by a priest, then later your kids can get baptized in the Catholic church.

Why would the church withhold sacrament from the child for something the parents did? That makes no sense to me. Seems very petty.

If your Catholic, you should be married in a parish church where either you or you husband to be attend. However, the Bishop can make an exception if it is for a really good reason.

That your Rose garden is a nicer place than the church is not a good reason. As for the child to be baptised there has to be a founded hope on the part of the priest that the child will be raised in the Church. It could be a god parent who will take on this responsibility or grandma or grandpa. My 11 year old daughter attends a catholic school! We are not catholic and I was baptised in a apostolic church in the mid 80s! My daughter has decided she would like to be baptised!

We are more than happy for her faith to be nurtured! Contact your nearest Catholic church. They have RCIC classes Right of Christian Initiation for children which typically happen once a week during the school year and then end in the class getting baptized at the Easter vigil the day before Easter.

She may have to wait for the next class to start but that is how you would typically go about it. Pls give me guidance on this. My child was already baptized with a different date of birth appearing on the birthcert as we used the 2nd autheticated bcert.

My husband decided to do it that way for a personal reason. However, we had an issue with the Birth registration and seems like it would be a long legal procedure to close out. I am getting anxious since my child will. My husband ia about to rebaptize my son with his original birthdate for record purposes…so if something happens my child is already baptized with 2 diff dates and we will have no prob when. We are unsure of the outcome of the legal proceedings so we thought pf doing this.

Is this a sin? What happened to my child when. Hi Maria, your situation seems very confusing. First of all, there should not have been two different sets of dates on any of the certificates.

A certificate is proof of the actual celebration, in other words, the date and information of when and where the actual baptism took place. The dates should never have been changed for any reason since those records are considered official and should not be altered in any way.

In the case of infants , there is a theory that infants who die before receiving the gift of baptism are placed in limbo , a place that lacks the beatific vision, but does not inflict any punishment on its residents. This theory has never entered dogmatic definitions, and the mention of limbo has yet to be seen within the Catechism of the Catholic Church , although limbo remains a possible theological hypothesis.

If the parents refuse to raise their child in the Catholic Faith, in most circumstances the infant may not be baptized. Now, there are certain scenarios where a baby can be baptized without their parents promising to raise them in the Catholic Faith. The short answer to this would be to go to your parish, or a church you trust, and meet with the priest. However, catholiccompany. There are, of course, certain rituals that must be respected, the most important of these is to keep the matter of the sacrament, the water, intact.

If the baptism does not use water, then it is not believed to be a valid baptism. As explained by Colin B. Donovan from EWTN :. IV fluids. Even something so predominantly water as tea or coffee is doubtful matter.

One could baptize conditionally with doubtful matter IF that was indeed all there was available and time was of the essence. When it comes to the form of the sacrament, the words said, it must be the Trinitarian baptismal Formula:.

This must be said out loud, even if it cannot be heard by others. As faith is a necessary component in any baptism, a person in the age of reason must want to be baptized. If the person is a child who has yet to reach the age of reason, then the faith of the baptizer is sufficient, as is the case when baptizing infants. We hope you found this guide helpful! Contact us for additional support and share your story in the comments below!

My 2 grandsons 3 and 1 are shortly to be baptised into the catholic church. Is it possible for them to have a c of e naming ceremony at a later date please? Please log in again. The login page will open in a new tab. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Ascension Presents Videos Podcasts Articles. Back to Posts. Got questions on Catholic baptisms? Looking to learn: What a Catholic baptism is? The symbolism behind the sacrament?

Why Catholics baptize infants? How to get your child baptized? What Is It? Form and Matter Every sacrament requires two things, form and matter. Valid and Licit Like any sacrament, baptisms must be both valid and licit to serve the individual as God intended.

What It Does St. It makes the baptized a new creature. It turns the baptized into a newly adopted son or daughter of God and a member of the Church.