USMC Mike, The «guy» is his pastor, so of course he performed Obama's marriage and
baptized his children.
Attracting much discussion is the recent proposal of the RCA's theological commission that
baptized children be allowed to receive the Lord's Supper.
On the other hand,
baptized children require rearing in the faith just as any child requires instruction in order to develop his or her human capacities.
The inclusion of
baptized children of church members in the Lord's Supper may be a genuflection to continuing illusions about the efficacy of «the family pew.
I baptized my children in our plastic pool behind the trailer.
This, of course, does not mean that there; is, avoidably as well as unavoidably, much that is «undemocratic» in the Church, if for no other reason than that
the baptized children must slowly be led by the Church to a free and responsible decision of personal faith without which no adult can be a member of the Church in the fullest sense.
We were raised Catholic but didn't
baptize our children and we haven't taken them to church.
Credobaptist traditions like the SBC usually
baptize children at the «age of accountability» or «age of reason.»
Now many in the Western societies do not
baptize their children.
That is, most study in diocesan seminaries and are trained to work in the more familiar Catholic settings of parishes - celebrating Masses,
baptizing children, presiding at marriages and working closely with families in their parish.
Baptizing a child initiates the child into the Christian religion (I'm a Catholic Christian).
Baptizing children is nothing new.
I didn't even know there were sugar cane plantations in that parish I just thought I was going to be
baptizing children and marrying couples and burying the dead — what any ordinary priest would do in his parish even if I knew it was in the context of poverty.
I made my first holy communion, I was confirmed, I pray, I support my church, one of my closest friends is a priest,
I baptize my children.
His argument was; no small child was baptized by Christ and in his messages there is no command to
baptize children.
The issue is going to come up soon about
baptizing our child, which we are not going to do.
For a peek into the personal struggles of families who choose not to
baptize their children or practice a non-Catholic religion, read an excellent article from The New York Times.
There is a chapel just below it where some Brazilians choose to
baptize their children or marry.
Not exact matches
This man goes and is
baptized in a great tub, in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: that man has his son's foreskin cut off, whilst a set of Hebrew words (quite unintelligible to him) are mumbled over his
child.
Children who are not
baptized, worship other gods, and never accept jusus as their savior are going to burn forever according to youe perfect word of god.
Joseph, at age 8 a
child is told by their parents that they'll be
baptized.
Maine Representative James G. Blaine (1830 — 93) was born to a Catholic mother and a father who later converted to Catholicism; as a
child, he apparently was
baptized in the Catholic Church.
Asked at a pastoral conference whether a
child not
baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit could be saved, he quipped that «the baby would be saved but the pastor would surely go to hell.»
Because of their equality both males and females can be
baptized and share in the Eucharist, and must be treated as equally responsible
children of God.
Children's voices, even when crying, make «the most beautiful choir of all,» Francis said during a service in which he baptized 32 c
Children's voices, even when crying, make «the most beautiful choir of all,» Francis said during a service in which he
baptized 32
childrenchildren.
My wife and I married in a Catholic church, and both of our
children were
baptized.
Her husband and her
children kept hoping she would convert, but she refused to be
baptized and died a Buddhist.
Many had been
baptized and taken into the Church as
children of the saints.
Both of the couple's
children were
baptized.
Even if the
child is born of a mixed marriage between a Catholic man and a Jewish woman, and the
child is
baptized, and receives the sacraments, even Holy Orders.
The day a gay or lesbian couple knocks on the pastor's door to request that their
child be
baptized is not the time for the congregation to struggle with how it will respond to this request.
Our sins are forgiven — Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14 and 2:13, Galatians 1:4 We have peace with God — Romans 5:1 We have the righteousness of Christ imputed to us — 2 Corinthians 5:21 We are a new creature in Christ — 2 Corinthians 5:17 We are
baptized into the body of Christ — 1 Corinthians 12:13 We are indwelt with the Holy Spirit — 1 Corinthians 6:19 We are sealed with the Spirit — Ephesians 1:13 We are sealed with the Spirit unto the day of redemption — Ephesians 4:30 We are preserved in Christ — Jude 1 We will be confirmed to the end by Christ — 1 Corinthians 1:8 We are citizens of the household of God — Ephesians 2:19 We are
children of God — Galatians 3:26 We are in the kingdom of God's Son — Colossians 1:13
We just were taught that any baby born and not
baptized was going to «limbo» forever because their uncaring, heathen parents did not wish to save their souls committing them to the Catholic religion, and we prayed on a daily basis to those poor innocent
children abandoned by their parents to eternity forever outside of heaven and the love of God.
I have been
baptized in the Holy Spirit, I walked the aisle, I am born again, I will rise up to be with Christ at the rapture, I name and claim many things over my life and my
childrens, (I have never name and claimed a mercedes, or useless materialstic worldly things), I have prayed the sinners prayer and am a Christian, a Christ follower, a faithful believer in Jesus Christ, I am Spirit Filled, I am forgiven, redeemed, a new creation.
Although she does not consider herself highly religious, Beth wants to have the
child baptized, which leads to deep discussions between Beth and her partner.
Don't like the membership requirements to have your
child baptized?
At age 12, Horus was a prodigal
child teacher and at age 30 he was
baptized and began his ministry.
We come to the front and kneel or stand and have it distributed to us and the
children or not confirmed or
baptized have a blessing.
We are not powerless and fearful, not us: and so I pray and I work; I make coffee in the morning and hot meals to gather around the table at suppertime; I worship and sing out words of promise and praise; I raise
children and read good books; I pray for my enemies and write letters and send money and show up to fold clothes and drop off meals with an extra bag of groceries; I advocate with the marginalized and amplify the oppressed and antagonize the Empire with a grin on my face; I will honour those who get after the work of the Kingdom and celebrate; I learn how to listen to those with whom I disagree; I abandon the idea that we can
baptize sinful practices in the name of sacred purposes; I will stand in the middle of the field near my house with my face turned up to the rain and consider it a minor baptism.
After much soul - searching, Michael agreed that Leigh Ann would be
baptized, and stood with his wife as she made the promises for their
child.
Our parish church, where all of our
children were
baptized and which I imagined being the church of my daughters» weddings (and my funeral), was wonderful, if half - filled and always in danger of being consolidated with other churches.
Being born into a christian family and then being
baptized as a
child does not make a
child a christian.
The SBC changed its categories in 2011, but young
children (those under 11) remain one of the largest groups being
baptized.
Of all the Catholic
children baptized or confirmed these last thirty years, half no longer participate in the life of the Church.
In some congregations young married couples show up primarily to have infants
baptized; once again, a little
child is leading them.
Pastors tell of parishioners»
children who are in Eckanar and other New Age movements, of members who also belong to spiritualist and Wicca groups, of people from Eastern religions who join their churches and are
baptized.
The Service of Holy Baptism, in the Book of Common Prayer, states this admirably when it requires that the sponsors in Baptism promise, on behalf of the
child, that the newly
baptized Christian shall «learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments,» and describes these, among other things, as being that which «a Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health.»
We do not know, but it seems that quite early parents wanted to have their
children baptized with them.
When a
child is
baptized or dedicated, a congregation promises to nurture and care for the
child and to bring the
child into faith.