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Why does a child need to be baptized?
Because babies are born with original sin, they need baptism to cleanse them, so that they may become adopted sons and daughters of God and receive the grace of the Holy Spirit. Children become “holy ones” of the Church and members of the body of Christ only through baptism.
Do you need godparents to be baptized?
Subject: Can my child have a Catholic baptism without godparents? No, you need to have at least one godparent. But it doesn’t have to be someone local. So if you have family that are distant that is fine.
When should baby be baptized?
In the same section mentioned above, the document notes clearly, “An infant should be baptized within the first weeks after birth” (No. 8.3). This teaching is also captured in canon law: “Parents are obliged to take care that infants are baptized in the first few weeks” (Canon 867).
What do you need to baptize a baby?
Must be at least 16 years of age. Must be a baptized Catholic who has completed the sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation. May not be the parent of the child being baptized. Only one male sponsor or one female sponsor or one of each.
What does the Bible say about baptizing children?
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”.
Why would a priest refuse to baptise a child?
He seems to understand that his marriage is not valid; the priest is refusing to baptize his daughter because his marriage “was not sacramented in any church.” But what he claims the priest first told him is hard to swallow: Saji asserts that the priest won’t baptize the baby unless the Hindu mother first becomes a Catholic.
Why do Orthodox Christians baptize the kids as Babys?
Lutherans, Episcopalians, Orthodox Churches, and the Roman Catholic Church officially hold that baptism is the direct means of regeneration (the new birth). Since those churches baptize infants, they believe that those babies are being saved through their baptisms. For example, in a pamphlet titled, “Why Baptize Children?”
Why should you get your baby baptized?
Your child will officially be a Child of God. “The Church and the parents would deny a child the priceless grace of becoming a child of God were they