Thread Cool Things The Pope says
- Thread starter Petunia
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I dont know exactly what you are referring to but according to Canon Law adults can only have a valid baptism after:
"an adult must have manifested the intention to receive baptism"
Canon Law 865 1
Also Canon Law on infants:
"For an infant to be baptised lawfully it is required...
1° that the parents, or at least one of them, or the person who lawfully holds their place, give their consent;
2° that there be a hope that the child will be brought up in the catholic religion. If such hope is truly lacking, the baptism is, in accordance with the provisions of particular law, to be deferred and the parents advised of the reason for this.
§2 An infant of catholic parents, indeed even of non-catholic parents, may in danger of death be baptised even if the parents are opposed to it."
So only in DANGER OF IMMEDIATE DEATH, can one baptize a non catholic infant against the wishes of the parents.
Also not in direct repsonse to this post, lay persons are only allowed to perform valid baptisms when there is absolutely no way to get a priest/deacon/monk etc. Your insane fucking aunt throwing water at you and saying youre baptized is totally void.
The problem is with lay people trying to apply rules that they don't understand and aren't educated about. Most of the things in this thread can be chalked up to 'your relatives are fucked up and ignorant fools.' Im really sorry, your families have room temperature IQs, that isn't the fault of the Catholic Church though.
Original sin. Everyone who dies who is otherwise good, but not baptised, goes to purgatory. Where they can go to heaven, but not right away.
Amstel
The Hoarse Whisperer
We believe you can use any water.
But common sense says that somewhere, somehow, some kid gets born, dies, and our God doesn't punish them because water didn't touch their skin.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
Hey, I'm not the one who professed to knowing the Catholic church's doctrine.
Frankly, I don't think it's a huge reflection on IQ if its followers don't know all the doctrine either, since it as an organization has had 2000 years to accrete doctrine and ceremony. I mean, HP hasn't been around 100 years, and the amount of song and dance I have to go through just to get paid is backwards and random enough to make me crazy, but it doesn't mean I'm an idiot if I don't get it right every single time.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
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Bless you mew child
You resorted to cats??. YOU UNHOLY BITCH.