Baptism and Christening

Customary, Christening invitations are normally mailed out at least two to three weeks before the christening event. This allows the people that are invited to make plans well ahead of time to make sure they can come, and to let a the family know if they are unable to attend.

I do not know the answer to your question, but I can say something about the speaking in tongues. God blesses men to be able to speak in the language of the people they are addressing, even though they have never spoken that language before. He will also bless a people to understand what a person is saying even when he speaks in his own tongue. The one is the Gift of Tongues and the other is the gift of Interpretation of tongues. Speak not in the gift of tongues witout understanding it, or without interpretation.

It is a sacrement, and it is performed as a ritual. All sacraments are rituals; ritual is not a bad word. Rituals are signs that incorporate a sacred meaning. Marriages, for example, can be represented by a ritualistic exchange of rings. Baptism is both a ritual and the reality of what takes place in a person's life who give's his/her life to Christ Jesus. The scripture says of Jesus that he baptizes with fire and the holy spirit.

When we perform a baptism in water, we are acting out ,through a physical practice, an expression of what Christ does in the life of the believer. When He allows the fire of trials to take place in our lives, He is submerging our old sinful self so that we might rise in the image of Him; in newness of life. This is where the holy spirit brings us comfort to know that He is with us.

Baptism is expressed in the process of planting as well. When the seed is placed under the earth ,it undergoes a shedding of the exterior skin so that the life within can be produced.It then rises from the ground, a wonderful new creation(2corinthians5:17). Through the baptism (the actual baptism that Christ performs) we shed our tendencies to focus on meaningless external things, and have our relationship to God which is of the heart.

Time itself is a baptism as well. Our spirit is God-breathed and therefore comes from eternity. He has chosen to submerged our eternal spirits within time, that we might rise back to Him in eternity, having been perfected through the trials of time.

Sometimes, nowadays, the Roman Catholic Church actually does baptize by immersion. It has been an option since liturgical reforms after the Second Vatican Council, and many churches built or remodeled since then have rather large baptismal fonts precisely for Baptism by immersion. Nonetheless, in most places, Baptism by immersion is not very popular in Catholic Churches, as opposed to Baptism by pouring water on the head.

Probably Baptism by immersion fell into disuse in the Catholic Church because it is messy, and dry-cleaning silk vestments after they have been immersed in water can be impossible, or at least expensive. Plus, many people, especially in colder countries have regarded baptism by immersion as unhealthy for themselves and their infant children.

It is interesting to note that not all Catholics are Roman Catholics, and that Eastern Rite Catholics never stopped baptizing by immersion.

It is often referred to as the Sacrament of Initiation.

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There exists no such thing. However when a child is born then the child's head is shaved and goats are sacrificed and given to the poor. This is known as Aqeeqah

because different denominations have different beliefs in god :P

A monetary gift would be preferred by a filipino baptismal. If you are the main godparent $200. If you are a subsidiary godparent $100. If you are unable to afford a monetary gift, you may also give clothing appropriate for the size of the baby/child, rosary, bible, or chip in for the bapitsmal/reception/or the baby's attire that day.

Not necessarily. The only symbolic dress that would be appropriate is something white, since that is the color associated with Baptism. While the Catholic Church allows for an infant Baptism, and while infant Baptisms are the most frequent, several thousand Catholics are Baptized every year as adults.

i have seen many preteen and teen girls dressed in white gowns or dresses with bonnets,lace anklet or tights and booties who were baptized at Easter vigil over the years .they looked very pure and innocent and entered gods kingdom as infants for their baptisms.

An Orthodox baptism involves a triple immersion of a child or adult in water. This represents the likeness of the death and resurrection of the Lord and His three-day burial.

The Paschal Mystery symbolizes Baptism because as Christ died and was risen up in glorified form, we are too. When we are Baptized we are cleansed of all sin (personal and Original) and therefore are a 'clean and spotless' until we sin again.

The letters are not 'P' nor 'X'. This symbol - a very ancient secret symbol of Christianity is known as the 'Chi-Rho' sign. It was used, along with an anchor and a fish as secret symbols used to identify Christians if two people met secretly, during the time in the early Church when being identified as a Christian meant almost certain death in the Roman arena fighting gladiators or lions. These letters are actually the Greek letters 'Chi' χ and 'Rho' ρ These two letters were the first two letters of the name 'Christos' (Ch + R) meaning 'Christ'. Nowadays the ChiRho signis used throughout churches as a Christian symbol, much in the same was as a fish or even a cross.

Baptism originated in Israel, the Holy Land. It was a Jewish custom to baptize for repentance of sin. John the Baptist carried on this custom.

This has a double purpose. The first is to show that we believe that through Baptism one is born again, this time into the Mystical Body of Christ (or the Church if you prefer). The second is a bit more in depth. When choosing a baptismal name, one must pick the name of an officially canonized Saint. That Saint then becomes their patron and intercedes for them in Heaven before the throne of God.

The purpose of the Apostle's Creed was to set down what is the "orthodox" or standard belief concerning the nature of God, that is, God's Trinitarian nature (God is one, yet God the Father is divine, Jesus is divine, and the Holy Spirit is divine), and what each persona of the Godhead does. (God creates, Jesus dies and rises again, and the Holy Spirit empowers belief). Baptism is a sacrament of the church and doesn't bear on the doctrines being taught in the Apostle's Creed.

Ths is Scottish Gaelic for 'to quaff from'. Its is inscribed on the bottom of a quaich, a scottish drinking bowl with two handles, often made from wood but more modern versions made from metals such as pewter, silver and copper.

if they consent to the devil's baptism what evil fate will takeover

Macy's, Toys R Us, Nordstrom, and JC Penny's offer a wide variety of christening gowns in-store. Online the same retailers, plus Amazon, Christening Gowns, and Nancy August offer as wide if not wider selections.

No. Canon law (#873) specifies that candidates for baptism may have a male or female sponsor, or one of each sex. In some places, two godparents of the same sex have been allowed by individual pastors/priests/parishes, but this is in direct contradiction to the discipline of the Church. In some places, there is also the custom of having multiple sponsors (more than 2). It seems that this custom is not, properly speaking, allowed by law either. The role of the sponsor is to witness to the faith on behalf of the candidate, to assist the parents of the candidate in their duties, and to provide a model of christian living to the newly baptized. To state it most positively, it seems that the Church realizes the value of having both male and female sponsors to serve parents and mentor baptized in both the masculine and feminine dimensions. (To deny, for instance, a little boy of the priviledge of having a godfather as a good masculine mentor in favor of a second godmother would seem to be what is intended here.)

As far as I know there aren't any restrictions on days to baptize. It may be that it just happens to usually be done on whatever day is the normal church meeting day when everyone is gathered together. You can be baptized any day of the week as no Biblical restrictions apply.

If you feel strange when you are baptised it could be the result of nervous tension, knowing this to be a life-changing decision on your part, or it could be the Holy Spirit. If you are calm, it could even be that you will feel no different.

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