This is required because being a godparent is both an honor and a responsibilty. Understanding the importance of Baptism, your role in your godchild's religious education, and the requirements to be a godparent are all covered in Godparent classes. Most parishes have Baptism classes only a few times a month with sessions taking several hours. The Church rightfully understands that godparents and parents take upon themselves a very serious responsibility before God when a child is baptized.
Both the parents and the godparents have a responsibility to ensure that the baby is raised in the Catholic Faith and taught to love virtue, frequent the Sacraments, and serve God.
This price includes all materials for the course as well as the preparation of the standard certificate of completion.
Catholic, Simple, Effective. Solid Catholic teaching of the faith from a reliable source. As with communion, Christians have come to a variety of different views on baptism, each with subtle nuances. Although these are too diverse to represent all traditions fairly, below are three broad, overlapping categories that can help orient us.
Baptism as Required or Part of Salvation: Several traditions emphasize passages of scripture that connect salvation and baptism Mark ; Acts ; 1 Pete Roman Catholic theology interprets these to mean that water baptism washes away all sins, including original sins and any personal sins.
Baptism is, therefore, generally required for salvation in Roman Catholic theology, but there are exceptions of baptism by blood martyrdom or faith and virtue or by desire otherwise unable to be baptized. Eastern Orthodoxy also sees baptism as causing the forgiveness of sins, but it emphasizes additional dimensions like a mystical communion with God.
Martin Luther agreed partially with Rome that baptism is a means of forgiveness, but he stressed that baptism is a work of God and must be combined with faith the Word. Baptism as Entrance into Community : Reformed theology also practices infant baptism, but for an entirely different reason.
It sees baptism as a means of initiating a person into the community of faith, interpreting baptism as having a similar function to circumcision for the Hebrew people 1 Corinthians It does not confer forgiveness of sins nor does it secure salvation, but to varying degrees it may provide nourishment to the believer and serve as a signifier of faith.
Because of the emphasis on the covenant community, these practices usually also require ordained clergy. Baptism as Signifier of Faith : The Anabaptists broke from not only Rome, but also Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli, arguing that baptism must come only after a profession of faith.
These traditions also tend to baptize through full submersion in a body of water rather by sprinkling or pouring, and they may allow any Christian to baptize another without any formal training or recognition.
Again, not every theological stream fits cleanly within these three groupings, with Anglicans , Methodists , Pentecostals, and other traditions, each with a different emphasis. In addition to differences of belief about its meaning, the act of baptism has been practiced in a variety of ways through church history.
Baptism Preparation and Celebration Details Baptism is the exciting first step into the family of God. In this email, please attach : a Your completed registration form.
When considering your Godparents for your child, please note the following : A child may have only one or two Godparents at Baptism. If you choose to have two Godparents, one must be a Godfather and one must be a Godmother. At least one Godparent must be a baptized, practicing Catholic and have received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Your Godparent s must be registered members in a Catholic parish. If married, your Godparent s must be married in the Roman Catholic Church or in another Church, with permission and a dispensation.
A non-Catholic but Christian Godparent is called a Witness. The name for this Godparent goes under the Witness line on the registration form. This person accompanies the confirmed Catholic Godparent in the faith journey of your child.
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