is  a christening done in the Cathlic religion only.?
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It's called baptism in some other religions.\n\nFrom what I've read- it seems that there are several christening services- including infant baptism.
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The answer is yes, (first though you need to get the local bishop's permission for a mixed cult marriage.  It is easy talk to your parish priest.)  as long as one of the persons is a Catholic.  I highly recommend that you or whoever is marrying the Catholic, sit down and read the book of Ruth and the Song of Songs (Canticle of Canticles) right away.\n\nYou will however,\n\n1.  Have to go through Catholic marriage prep.\n2.  Be willing to practice the Catholic understanding of marital relations (ie no condoms).\n3.  Be open to having children when God gives them to you.\n4.  Understand and accept that the marriage lasts until the death of the spouse (no divorcing and remarrying while the spouse lives).\n5.  Promise to not try to convert your spouse away from Catholicism.\n6.  Promise to not impede in any way your spouse's obligations to the Catholic Faith and the growth of their spiritual life.\n7.  Promise to have your children baptized Catholic within a few weeks of their birth.\n8.  Promise to raise your children in and ONLY IN the Catholic Faith.\n9.  Promise to not impede in any way your children's obligations to the Catholic Faith and the growth of their spiritual life.\n\nAs a note, essentially you would be marrying into the Catholic Faith.  Mixed faith marriages can be tricky especially if one of the spouse is more into their faith than the other.  Do not be surprised if the religious differences become more pronounced over time.  It might not be important now, but after children enter into the picture and raising them Catholic becomes a reality, it can get rough. \n\nThere are other issues but the priest through marriage prep will deal with them.  \n\nA NOTE:  If your local priest doesn't go through the above numbered steps during the marriage prep, he is not up on his duties and it would be benefitual to locate a better priest.  At the time of marriage, not believing in those things brings into question the validity of the marriage especially if one, either openly or in secret intends to do directly the opposite.
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I am a Catholic.  Catholicism is the oldest Christian religion.  All other Christian religions came from Catholicism.  We do not worship statues and rosaries or even the Virgin Mary.  We worship God alone.  God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  3 persons in one God.  Just as 3 leaves make up one clover.  We ask Mary and other saints for intersession to Jesus.  It's no different than you asking someone to pray for you before a test or surgery.  We venerate certain statues or crucifixes.  This is not worship.  It is a sign of respect to the actual person or act that is being depicted.  Please do not think we worship anyone other than God Almighty Himself.
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You need only one baptized persons consent, here are few quotes to help you along.\nMatt. 28:19-20 - Jesus commands the apostles to baptize all people "in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit." Many Protestant churches are now teaching that baptism is only a symbolic ritual, and not what actually cleanses us from original sin. This belief contradicts Scripture and the 2,000 year-old teaching of the Church.\n\nActs 2:38 - Peter commands them to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ in order to be actually forgiven of sin, not just to partake of a symbolic ritual. \n\nMatt. 28:19-20; Acts 2:38 - there is nothing in these passages or elsewhere in the Bible about baptism being symbolic. There is also nothing about just accepting Jesus as personal Lord and Savior in order to be saved. \n\nMark 16:16 - Jesus said "He who believes AND is baptized will be saved." Jesus says believing is not enough. Baptism is also required. This is because baptism is salvific, not just symbolic. The Greek text also does not mandate any specific order for belief and baptism, so the verse proves nothing about a “believer’s baptism.” \n\nJohn 3:3,5 - unless we are "born again" of water and Spirit in baptism, we cannot enter into the kingdom of God. The Greek word for the phrase "born again" is "anothen" which literally means “begotten from above.” See, for example, John 3:31 where "anothen" is so used. Baptism brings about salvation, not just a symbolism of our salvation. \n\nJob 14:1-4 - man that is born of woman is full of trouble and unclean. Baptism is required for all human beings because of our sinful human nature. \n\nPsalm 51:5 - we are conceived in the iniquity of sin. This shows the necessity of baptism from conception. \n\nMatt. 18:2-5 - Jesus says unless we become like children, we cannot enter into heaven. So why would children be excluded from baptism? \n\nMatt 19:14 - Jesus clearly says the kingdom of heaven also belongs to children. There is no age limit on entering the kingdom, and no age limit for being eligible for baptism. \n\nMark 10:14 - Jesus says to let the children come to Him for the kingdom of God also belongs to them. Jesus says nothing about being too young to come into the kingdom of God. \n\nMark 16:16 - Jesus says to the crowd, "He who believes and is baptized will be saved." But in reference to the same people, Jesus immediately follows with "He who does not believe will be condemned." This demonstrates that one can be baptized and still not be a believer. This disproves the Protestant argument that one must be a believer to be baptized. There is nothing in the Bible about a "believer's baptism." \n\nLuke 18:15 – Jesus says, “Let the children come to me.” The people brought infants to Jesus that he might touch them. This demonstrates that the receipt of grace is not dependent upon the age of reason. \n\n1 Cor. 7:14 – Paul says that children are sanctified by God through the belief of only one of their parents.
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baptism is a sacrament of Christianity, along with communion.  Might you mean being Baptist??
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It usually involves a confirmation ceremony. I don't know too much about it, but from what I've seen it's usually a very special event in Catholic children's childhood. It's not always taken as being very spiritual.
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Christianity is a religion.
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No, most christions believe that the choice is one that the person has to make, a baby cannot choose. In catholism, they have to go through confirmation, in prtestantism, they must declare to a preacher and stand up before a congregation that they believe that christ is their one true savior and then be baptisted.\n\nThe age that a person can do that vearies depending on the sect you talk to.
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I believe that only applies to Catholic religion and possibly a few other religions such as the church of england but not to sure on that, it is a religious tradition and does not apply to all christians or christian doctrine, being religious and being christian, two different things....
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Yes Yes .. !!\ni have heard about such a religion .. where u have to kiss the priest n then take a bath with a very old person who had accepted that religion atleast 50 years ago. so u must take a bath with his father in law (but that means he is married ..otherwise from where will his father in law come into picture?? and if he s gettin married to u ..then his father in law is ur father ?? oh no !! )) .. so yeah take a bath with that old guy n get ur religion converted !! \n ((bdw.. i am the father in law .. guys please convince this gal to take a bath with me!))
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It isn't just Roman Catholics who baptize infants. Many Protestant denominations do it as well. Here's why:\n\nUnder the Old Testament, the outward sign of membership in the covenant nation was circumcision (Genesis 17). It was applied to male children when they were only 8 days old. It was no guarantee of eternal salvation though. Both Isaac and Ishmael were circumcised, but only Isaac was elect of God. Both Jacob and Esau were circumsized, but only Jacob received the spiritual inheritance.\n\nUnder the NEW Testament, baptism has "replaced" circumcision as the outward sign of membership in the covenant community (see Hebrews 9, Colossians 2:11-12, Romans 4:11-12, 1st Corinthians 7:14). Like circumcision, the outward sign is no guarantee that the inward man is elect of God! Rather it identifies that child as a member of the community of faith and entitles him or her to all the benefits of that community (the teaching, the oversight, the discipline, the word, etc).\n\nExamples of household baptisms in the Scripture include Cornelius' family (Acts 10), Lydia's family (Acts 16:15), the Philippian jailer's family (Acts 16:33), Crispis' family (Acts 18:8), and Stephanas (1st Corinthians 1:16).\n\nInfant baptism was not "invented" centuries after Christianity was founded. Infant baptism was the CONTINUATION of the covenant sign to believers and their children.
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The Catholic Church accepts baptisms that follow the command of Jesus Christ as recorded in Matthew 28:19: \n \nGo, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit.\n\nThus the Trinitarian baptismal formula:\n\n[name], I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."  \n\nWith love in Christ.
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Despite what others have said, you are right.  Although there are exceptions, CHANCES ARE that you will practice the religion of your parents.  Not everyone has an opportunity to know Christ.  There are people who have never heard the name.  Or there are those who have been introduced to Christianity in a negative way (ie. colonization).  Religion is more likely to be determined by geographic location than anything else.
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Whether or not you are Catholic is not a question of legality. It is a question of Spirituality.\n\nTry to think of your Baptism's wider implications. The Catholic Church recognizes and respects baptisms that take place in other Christian denominations. That is because, once baptized, we become members of His church; either directly as Catholics, or indirectly as non-Catholic Christians.\n\nOnce Baptized, you are considered Christian. In your case, a Catholic Christian. You may be inactive in your church, but that does not in any way nullify your baptism.
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Sure, they are called Jesus Name Only Churches, some apostolic,some pentecostal. Go to Google search, type in Jesus name only church, lots of results.\n The main doctrinal difference is that they baptise in the name of Jesus only, not in the name of the Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost.
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No, they can even be mothers and if they are widowed they can be a nun. They are celibate, devoted to Jesus and are married to the church per say when they enter.
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Any religion based on Christs teachings is considered Christianity.