How do you get baptized Catholic?

Answer 1

Roman Catholic AnswerBy "get Baptism", I am assuming that you mean how do you go about getting Baptized. You need to speak with a priest. You will have to attend classes first, and then when you have been educated in the faith, and are received into the Church, you will be baptized.

Answer 2

To become a catholic it is a process and does not contain just the sacrament of baptism.

If you are an adult you take classes for about a year with the church as a candidate.

Usually during the Easter Vigil, you receive the sacraments of initiation. This includes baptism, reconciliation, Eucharist, and confirmation.

ask your local pastor to baptize you

It is the moment that the person becomes part the the catholic church...there is a ceremony, you can look it up and find it somewhere...the main part is that at the end, the priest pours the holy water on the child or the adult

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Catholic AnswerTo be baptized as a Catholic means that you are incorporated into Christ's Body, the Church, and are now a child of God. As they teach in the seminary, you are ontologically different, you are something completely new. Ontological means a chance in your very being. This change is irreversible, in other words, it cannot be repeated, it is sacrilege to try and baptize someone again. If they have been validly baptized, even outside of the Church, they cannot be baptized "again". They are now a new creature, a child of God, capable of participation in the Sacraments of Salvation and able to work out their salvation "with fear and trembling" - St. Paul, Phillipians 2:12.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980The Sacrament in which, by water and the word of God, a person is cleansed of all sin and reborn and sanctified in Christ to everlasting life. (Etym. Latin ba;tisma; from Greek baptisma, a dipping.

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994

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Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which give access to the other sacraments. through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God' we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made shares in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word."

　

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The Most Holy Trinity gives the baptized sanctifying grace, the grace of justification:

- enabling them to believe in God, to hope in him, and to love him through the theological virtues;

- giving them the power to live and act under the prompting of the Holy Spirit through the gifts of the Holy Spirit;

- allowing them to grow in goodness through the moral virtues.

Thus the whole organism of the Christian's supernatural life has its roots in Baptism.

Answer 3

What the Roman Catholic church means by baptism differs considerably from what most Protestant churches mean by the term.

There's no fundamental reason a Roman Catholic couldn't be baptized by immersion (as is common in most Protestant sects, at least for those physically able), but the usual practice is more of a sort of sprinkling or pouring of water over the individual. This developed as an alternative when immersion wasn't practical due to cold weather or the infirmity of the individual being baptized, and gradually became the dominant method.

Roman Catholics (and some Protestant sects) also practice infant baptism, which as the name suggests means that it's common for infants to be baptized (another reason for not using immersion). Many Protestant sects feel that the individual being baptized ought to be old enough to understand and consent to the procedure for it to have any real meaning, and instead hold "blessing" ceremonies for infants while reserving the word "baptism" for older people who have consciously made an informed choice to undergo the ceremony.

Catholic AnswerIn the Catholic Church, one must use water and the formula, "I baptize you, N, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." There are other ceremonies attached to it, but this is the essential, and the water must actually run on the head: either immersion or pouring are both valid baptisms, sprinkling is NOT valid. Baptism makes the person a child of God, consent must be given either by the individual, if he is an adult, or by the parents, if he is a child.

Instead of being dunked under water, holy water is poured over our heads. even babies.

The Rite of Baptism Itself

If the one to be baptized enters the Church during the most gorgeous Easter Vigil, the Rite of Baptism takes place during the Mass itself, after the Litany of the Saints and the Blessing of the Baptismal Waters. If the one to be baptized is an infant, the Baptism takes place as soon as possible after birth. Otherwise, Baptism may take place any time the priest agrees. When adults are baptized, they usually receive Confirmation and their first Holy Communion at the same time.

Infants are dressed in beautiful white christening gowns -- gowns which often become heirlooms and are carefully packed away to be used by future children (you might see baby boys dressed in tiny little white suits); these special christening outfits, which can be homemade or purchased at Catholic gift stores, aren't necessary, of course, but Baby should be dressed in white. Adult catechumens will wear either their "Sunday best" or, possibly, white albs, especially if they are received into the Church during the Easter Vigil.

Baptism can take place as a "stand alone" ceremony, or in the context of a Mass. The Rite itself is divided into 4 parts with different sub-parts, each bringing the catechumen further into the church building with each step, symbolizing initiation into the Church Herself:

Part I: In the Narthex of the Church:

The Questioning, the Exsufflation, The Sign of the Cross, The Imposition of Hands, The Imposition of Salt

Part II: Admission into the Church Building:

Exorcism, The Sign of the Cross, The Imposition of Hands, The Admission into the Church, The Credo and Pater

Part III: In the Nave:

The Solemn Exorcism, The Ephphetha, The Renunciation of Satan, The Anointing with the Oil of Catechumens

Part IV: At the Font:

The Profession of Faith, Baptism, The Anointing with Chrism, The White Linen Cloth, The Lighted Candle, The Last Words of Good Will

(Note that if a person is to be baptized during the Easter Vigil, the first 3 parts above might take place some time earlier than the Vigil itself. Then, during the Vigil, the rite is continued again starting with the Part IV.)

Answer 4

Roman Catholic AnswerTalk to your nearest Catholic priest, he will talk to you and tell you what is necessary, in your circumstances, to be baptized.