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- The ordinary minister of Baptism is a bishop, priest, or deacon. In the case of an emergency, any person may baptize, even if not baptized him/herself. This person must intend what the Church intends, and baptize the child with water, using the Trinitarian formula: "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
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Infant baptism[1][2] (or paedobaptism) is the practice of baptizing infants or young children. Infant baptism is also called christening by some faith traditions. Most Christians belong to denominations that practice infant baptism.
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Why do children need baptismal grace for salvation? Because they inherit original sin from the moment of conception. The psalmist laments: “Indeed, in guilt was I born, and in sin my mother conceived me” (Ps 51:7). The Book of Job observes: “Man that is born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble. … Who can bring a clean thing out of an uncle...
The Scriptures also demonstrate that the early Church baptized babies. In the Book of Acts, for example, St. Peter preached to the crowd: “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your childrenand to all...
Finally, in any discussion of infant baptism we should remember the correlation between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. Under the Old Covenant, babies were circumcised when they were eight days old (see Gn 17:12; Lv 12:3). This was the sign by which they entered into the covenant. St. Paul actually calls baptism the “new circumcision” when h...
Feb 24, 2022 · Infant baptism, i.e., the baptism of believers’ little children, is not only rooted in Scripture but was the practice of the Church in the first four centuries after the ascension of Jesus.
Nov 7, 2020 · Today, most people are baptized as infants by a priest or deacon, though this is not strictly necessary (see below). The parents present the child for baptism while the godparents are present as witnesses.
The apostolic Church baptized whole “households” (Acts 16:33; 1 Cor. 1:16), a term encompassing children and infants as well as servants. While these texts do not specifically mention—nor exclude—infants, the very use of the term “households” indicates an understanding of the family as a unit.
Jan 14, 2022 · Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called.
Jul 31, 2024 · When a child is baptized, the parents’ faith speaks for the child who is too young to have explicit faith on his or her own. This is why the Church requires a reasonable hope that the parents will raise the child in the Catholic faith before a child is baptized.
