Baptism - The Christian Life And The Gospel

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A.Q.A. G.C.S.E.                 Religious Studies

The Christian Life And The Gospel

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Vicky McGuinness, Gerard

BAPTISM

Baptism is an initiation ceremony. The person who is being baptised becomes a member of the Christian community. Christians look upon baptism as the beginning of a life-long relationship with God.

Since the earliest days of the church baptism has played an important part. There are two traditions of baptism one being infant baptism, which is baptism of babies or children and the other being believers baptism which is adults or those old enough to make their own choice. Anglican, Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches all hold infant baptism ceremonies. I am going to focus on the Roman Catholic service.

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The service;

     As the child, its parents and its god-parents enter the church they are welcomed by the priest (the priest can also be called the minister) he then leads them to the baptismal font, while doing this he asks the godparents if they are prepared to help the child’s parents to practice the faith. They are also asked why they have brought the child to the church. After this the priest says the child’s name and welcomes them into the community. The sign of the cross is made on the child’s head by the priest, ...

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