Explain the meaning and significance of Baptism for Christians today?
Sarah Hurworth Explain the meaning and significance of Baptism for Christians today? Although some Christians today do not agree when and how to baptize they do agree that is a very important part of our relationship with God and our everyday lives. When a child is baptized he or she automatically becomes a member of a loving Christian community. This community helps us all through our live and it is all because of their kindness and good nature given to them by the grace of God through their baptism. During Baptism the child's baptismal promises are made for them by their parents, this also gives the congregation the chance to renew theirs, showing that they profess their faith and reject Satan. The child also receives the gift of the Holy Spirit and through the Holy Spirit they receive many gifts such as courage, Right judgment and knowledge, among others. All these gifts can be used in difficult life situations e.g. what career path to take? Who to marry? Or for young people when faced with difficult situations such as pier pressure, the Holy Spirit can give you strength and help you get through these times. By being baptised as a Catholic you can then receive the six Sacraments. This can help modern Christians in many ways. One way would be that you can receive God's forgiveness through the Sacrament of reconciliation and therefore you feel better about yourself and
Explain the Meaning and Significance of Baptism for Christians Today
Explain the Meaning and Significance of Baptism for Christians Today There are different types of baptism and different churches carry out the procedure in different ways. The Orthodox and Catholic Church baptise as infants, whereas the Methodist, Baptist and Pentecostal Church baptise as adults. Most Christian traditions encourage baptism. It is seen and thought of as a way of entering God's family and joining the Christian faith. It is also seen as important because when water is poured over a babies head or an adult is immersed, it is showing that their sins are being washed away and people are baptised into the death of Jesus - meaning that a Christian shares in death and resurrection of Jesus by dying to sin and rising to new life as a Christian. Baptism is an outer sign of inner change. The outer sign is the celebration afterwards and the Anointment with the Oil of Catechumens and the inner change is the first sacrament in which you are deciding and choosing to believe in God and follow in Jesus' footsteps. When a Baby is baptised it is called an 'Infant Baptism', it is done to rid the child of 'Original Sin' and so that the child can grow up in the Christian Faith and be forgiven for any sins they commit throughout their life. The decision for a child's baptism is up to the parents, but as an adult it is one's choice. A 'Believers Baptism' is the name given to the
Explain the meaning and significance of baptism for Christians today.
Explain the meaning and significance of baptism for Christians today. Although Christians today do not agree when and how to baptise they do agree that is a very important part of our relationship with God and our everyday lives. Below I am going to outline the meaning and significance of different aspects of baptism today. When a child is baptised it automatically becomes a member of a loving Christian community. In this day and age, this community provides help both in our everyday lives and in times of need, for example when someone close to you dies the community are there to provide both emotional support and help with digging graves or making food for those attending the wake etc. This is all because of their kindness and good nature given to them by the grace of God through their baptism. During Baptism the child's baptismal promises are made for them by their parents but this also gives the congregation the chance to renew theirs, giving them the chance to profess their faith and reject Satan. The child also receives the gift of the Holy Spirit and through the Holy Spirit they receive many gifts such as courage, Right judgement and knowledge, among others. All these gifts can be used in difficult life situations e.g. what career path to take? Who to marry? Or what to do about bad health? Or for young people when faced with situations such as smoking, drinking
Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers' baptism.
Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers' baptism - AO1 Many people of many religions practice baptism. The word baptism originates from a Greek verb meaning to plunge under water, Baptizien. John the Baptist may have been influenced by the Essenes, who were a group of Jews, based in Qumran, from the first century who wanted to remain ritually pure, so practiced ritual bathing. Baptism may well have roots in the Jewish ritual bath, or Mikvah. John also used the Jewish ritual bath, but they had different meanings, for john it was to forgive the sins of people and for a sign of repentance. When Jesus was baptised, a new meaning of baptism was seen. The father chose Jesus and the Holy Spirit anointed him for his role as messiah, this was a theophany. Jesus according to the end of Matthew's gospel instructed his disciples: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and the holy spirit," (Matthew 28:19) even though according to the gospels Jesus never baptised anyone. In the new testament there follows a series of baptisms: Pentecost 3,000 baptised (acts 2:37-41); Paul (acts 9:18); the Ethiopian eunuch (acts 8:26-40); Cornelius and his household (acts 10:47-48); Lyndia and her household (acts 16:15); Paul's jailer and his entire family (acts 10:33). It is from the roots of 2,000 years ago
Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers' baptism
Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers' baptism ------------- Infant Baptism Baptism is one of seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church. Infant baptism is the first of three sacraments of initiation to make a person a full member of the Church. The parents and godparents of a child promise to make their faith known to the child as it grows older. The priest welcomes the child into the Christian Community at the door of the Church and asks the parents and the god-parents if they are willing to bring the child up as a Christian. A Reading from the Bible is read usually about baptism. The priest then gives a short homily explaining the readings to the people. After this there are Bidding prayers asking God to help the parents and the godparents. All people are born with original sin (that is the sin of Adam). The priest uses God's power to exorcise the evil. He then makes the child holy by anointing them with oil, known as the oil of catechumens. (The meaning of this oil means strength against temptation, sin and evil.) On behalf of the child the godparents then make promises to live a Christian life. These promises are based on an ancient creed known as the Apostles' Creed. The priest then places the child over the font pouring water over the child's head three times saying, "(name)I baptise you in the name of the
Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers baptism.
Baptism GCSE Assignment AO1 - Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers baptism Infant Baptism Originally the term 'baptism' was applied to sheep that were dipped in water to kill any parasites attached to them. When this term was used for people in the Christian church the same idea was carried forward and given a spiritual meaning - the dipping of people under water to cleanse them of their sins. For most Christian churches baptism has become the means by which a baby becomes a member of Christ's church. There are variations between the Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Anglican ways of carrying out the service of Infant Baptism. In an Orthodox church, baptism and conformation follow each other in the service, which happens when the baby is 8 days old. The service is called Chrismation, it begins with prayers that the baby will come to know God and Gods commandments. This baby's' clothes then get taken off to symbolise leaving an old life behind. This is what happens at the service, it falls into 3 main parts: -The priest blesses the baptismal water with a prayer and breathes on the water in the shape of a cross. -Then a pre-baptism anointing with the 'Oil of Gladness' takes place. -In the baptism itself, the baby gets held in the font, facing east (a symbol of the resurrection) and dipped into the water 3 times, while the priest says a prayer. This
Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers baptism.
Baptism comes from a Greek word meaning bathed or totally washed. Baptism is the atonement by which a person becomes an element of the church. It is the religious ritual of commencement into the Christian community. AO1: Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers baptism. For an infant baptism is there first right of life. This decided by their parents if they should be baptised or not, but no matter if a infant doesn't get baptised this is still a very common event in today's society. A priest presides over the service of an infant baptism indicating the presence of the Christian family (The church) and God. The service usually takes place in a church and the service is more or less like mass all depends of the decision of the parents. The most essential thing about a baptism is that it should be celebrated in a congregation of Christian believers. There are several stages to an infant baptism some of it is similar to and adult (believers) baptism. They both include the same components of: * Water- to baptise means to absorb yourself in or to fall into water. Water symbolises new life, cleansing and death. The child's original sins are purged and washed away, while the new child shares its everlasting life with God. Baptismal water indicates death to the old life and share in the new. * Oil- oil is a sign of being set aside or chosen by God to
Describe and Explain the Central Features of Infant and Believers Baptism.
Describe and Explain the Central Features of Infant and Believers Baptism. Infant baptism has been around since the 4th century and it is one of the seven sacraments in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church sees baptism as a rite of initiation into the Catholic community. The service of infant baptism can be broken into four main sections, The Door, The Book, Catechumens and The Font. In these four sections there are many different symbols. At the door the priest meets the child, parents and sponsors. Here he asks the intentions of the parents he then makes the sign of the cross on the child's forehead and invites the parents and sponsors to do the same. This is a symbol that the child now belongs to God. The service now moves up to the front of the church. The Book is the next part of the service. There is a short reading from the bible and its usually about baptism example Jesus being baptised. Next there are prayers of the faithful. In these the child, parents and God parents are prayed for that they will bring the child up in a Christian way. The word of God is quite an important part of the ceremony because it is from this the child will be nourished spiritually. After this he exorcises the child. This is when he calls on God to free the child from the power and control of Satan and from original sin. He now anoints the child on the chest with the oil of
Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers' baptism
A.M.D.G. Bethan McIlroy Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers' baptism Introduction Baptism is celebrated as a sacrament or a 'mystery' throughout the Christian community all across the world. Within the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches all-together, there are seven sacraments including the baptism which is one of the sacraments of initiation the other sacraments are; marriage, Holy Communion, Holy orders, holy unction (anointing of the sick with oil), conformation and confession. A sacrament is an outward, physical sign of an inward, spiritual blessing; also, a service which communicates this blessing to worshippers. By taking part in baptism, you become a member of the church you are being welcomed into. As Saint, Paul wrote to the early Christians: By our Baptism, then, we were buried with him and shared his death; in order that, just as Christ was raised from death by the glorious power of the Father so also we might live a new life. (Romans 6:4) You can celebrate baptism either as an adult or a child. Many Christians want there babies baptised as young infants yet many Christians believe that because Jesus was baptised as an adult they should be baptised as adults this is called believers baptism. It is on the subject of these two different ceremonies both from the same Religion - Christianity, which I am going to try
Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers baptism.
Describe and explain the central features of infant and believers baptism. I was lucky enough to be present at my baby cousin's baptism in the Catholic Church a few weeks ago and the ceremony was even more meaningful to me since I had studied it in class, so recently. Baptism is a community celebration and our celebration of the sacrament of Baptism started at the entrance porch of the chapel, where the baby, her parents, godparents and family members were all greeted by the priest. The priest verified with the parents that they knew what obligations they were taking on. He also asked the godparents if they were prepared to help the parents train the child in the practice of their faith. The priest welcomed the baby into the family of God, by putting the sign of cross on her forehead and inviting parents and godparents to do likewise. The sign of the cross is a symbol the child belongs to God. We then entered the chapel and moved to the left seating area where we heard the celebration of the word of God. We were reminded that reading and preaching the word of God would stimulate our faith. The readings and psalm stressed the importance of baptism as a prerequisite for life and eternal life. The gospel told of Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus, about being born again to eternal life through water and the spirit. During the homily the priest spoke to us of the mystery of