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Baptism is something that takes place in your heart not some old fogey trying to drown you, if you decide to be a follower of Jesus you are 'baptised' simply by accepting him as your master and absolute king. Baptism is sort of a symbolic and public version of giving your life to God but the true baptism has already taken place in your heart. If you feel you must have your head held held under water you can do it your self or have some old fogey try to drown you heh heh heh.
Roman Catholic Answer: No, you can receive NOsacraments without Baptism. Baptism is a real being born again through water and the spirit as commanded by Jesus Christ. It makes you into a new being, a child of God. Until this takes place you are incapable of receiving any of the other sacraments. St. Paul warns of us in The Bible when he points out that many people are sick and even dying because they are receiving the Eucharist unworthily. An unworthy reception of Holy Communion would be without prior Baptism and Confession. An unworthy reception of Holy Communion is sacrilege, and a very grave sin.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agoAnyone who is a baptized Catholic in good standing, who has received their first Holy Communion, and been to confession recently (in other words, is in a state of grace) may receive Holy Communion regardless of any irregularities of any other family members, including parents, provided that no scandal is involved. For example, scandal would be involved if the person wishing to receive Holy Communion was living in a public state of sin and this was known by other parishioners (living with someone without benefit of the Church's blessing in matrimony), if in doubt, check with your confessor.
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∙ 14y agoNo. You need to be a baptized member of the Church in order to receive communion; baptism and communion are both holy sacraments.
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∙ 11y agoNo. Only a Catholic may, so the child would have to be received into the Church first, speak to your local priest to see what will be involved.
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Do you have to be baptized to take communion?
Catholics do not 'take' communion, they 'receive' communion. Yes, you must be a baptized Catholic to receive communion in a Catholic Church. Also, you must have undergone instruction and received your First Holy Communion.
Can c of e take communion at child's first communion?
Nobody can take Holy Communion in a Catholic Church, you may only receive Holy Communion from the priest, and then only if you have been baptized in the Catholic Church and previously made your first Confession and First Holy Communion. Bottom line? An Anglican may not take communion in a Catholic Church.
Do you have to be baptised to receive Communion in the United Methodist Church?
You do not have to be baptized to receive holy communion in the United Methodist Church. The only requirement is that you feel moved to take communion. This is called open communion.
Could you get you daughter baptized and make her holy communion in the same year?
In most denominations, a person who is baptized not as an infant is also able to receive communion. Often this occurs on the same day.
At what age can you drink wine in the Catholic Church?
Any baptized Catholic who has received his/her First Holy Communion can receive communion under both species.
If a child is baptised in an Episcopalian church make his or her First Communion?
As long as the child is validly baptized, and meets the other requirements, he may make his first Holy Communion.
How does holy communion link to baptism?
You have to be baptized before you can partake the communion.
Can a Greek orthodox confirm a child in a catholic church?
No. In order to be able to partake of the Holy Sacrament of Communion, you must be baptized and christmated(confirmed) in the Church in which you plan to receive the first communion. However, you are unable to be baptized in both churches, as the church in which the child has been baptized for the second baptism, becomes the Church in which they stand in and can only stay in that church, unless they convert to the other church, and lost the "right" to take communion in the church they converted form.
Can you the grandmother baptize your grandaughter so she can receive holy communion she want to receive so bad?
It is up to the parents to have the child baptized, assuming they have custody. It is their responsibility to bring them up in the faith. The child needs to be baptized by a priest or deacon, except in extraordinary circumstances. Otherwise, see a priest about his for more specific questions and to expalin the situation.
Can a Catholic child from a split marriage receive Holy Communion if she is not in the habit of going to Church?
Whether or not you may receive Holy Communion depends on whether you are in a state of grace and properly disposed to receive Holy Communion (and a Catholic). Thus, if you are a Catholic child, and have been to confession recently and are not in a state of sin, and have already made your first Holy Communion, then you may receive Holy Communion. What gives me pause is your "not in the habit of going to Church". Missing a Sunday Mass or a Mass on any Holy Day of your own free will would put you in a state of mortal sin, and you would be unable to receive Holy Communion until you had been in to confession. Your best bet would be to give your local priest a call, make an appointment, and go down and have a talk with him, and make a good confession while you are there. The priest will be able to guide you as to how and when you make receive Holy Communion, and the absolution from the confession will put you in a state of grace to be able to receive Holy Communion.
Can you take Communion in a Catholic church before being baptized?
You may never "take" Holy Communion in a Catholic Church. You MAYonlyreceive Holy Communion after you have been baptized, and in the Latin Rite, made your First Confession.
Taking your Holy Communion?
Catholics do not take communion, they receive communion.
