Baptism & Christening 101

Just curious?

Deciding on a child’s spiritual direction
by Kim Gray
For The Calgary Herald
So I’m sitting in a Kensington coffee shop doing something I’ve never done before. I’m talking religion with a man of the cloth who happens to be the minister of our local church — the same church my family and several neighbours have begun to […]

A baby born to a couple who met at the Glastonbury Festival five years ago, has been baptised at the event.
Will and Carey Worthy said the Somerset festival was “in the blood” of their one-year-old, Ellison William Osbourne.
Worthy is the name of the farm on which the event is held and Osbourne is a family […]

by Rabbi Marc Gellman & Msgr. Thomas Hartman
The God Squad

June 30, 2007
I am Catholic and my husband is a nondenominational Protestant.
We’ve been married for almost three years and have two beautiful children. This is, however, my second marriage.
My oldest child, age […]

by Babu Ranganathan
July 23, 2007 01:58 PM EST
Recently the Pope announced that the Roman Catholic Church is the one true church and that there is no salvation outside of Roman Catholicism. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the Pope is the infallible spiritual head and Vicar of Christ on earth.
Before examining the Pope’s statements, let […]

…parallels in Baptist successionism
By Robert Dilday
Virginia Religious Herald

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP)—Pope Benedict XVI’s recent reaffirmation that the “true church” lies in an unbroken line of succession from Christ and his apostles might resonate in an unlikely place—conservative Baptists who trace the roots of their denomination back to Jesus—and sometimes beyond, to John the Baptist.
Baptist successionism—a theory […]

Who’s ever heard of such a thing?
Truth is — as soon as you get asked to be someones godparent — there’s an immediate need to be in the know…
Thought this was a helpful start at someone starting a forum to share info — for those of us that are about to become godparents by “baptismal […]

Growing Into His Faith
Adam Liston
Published 16 July 2007
http://www.newstatesman.com/200707160006
I have no memory of my baptism as an infant, when my parents and godparents renounced evil on my behalf, repented of their sins, turned to Christ and promised to foster the faith I had just received.
From the next phase, attending Catholic Mass with my mother when […]

Gowns?  Baby Baptism Blankets?  What’s the rule — white or ivory only?