Christening vs. baptizing

acarleenb

Which did you do and why? Or do both words mean basically the same thing to you? This is all only your opinion...this isn't a right or wrong discussion at all.

jolis_petits_bijoux

I always thought they were the same thing, just depends on the denomination.  ?  It's not like a church offers you a choice between the two, KWIM?

We chose baptism as that is the sacrament performed by the Catholic church.  (DH is Catholic, DS will be raised Catholic)

Adriamichelle83

We don't do either, we do dedications. It's all variations of religious views, I think. We dedicate her to God as a baby, because we believe she will chose to baptized when she is old enough and fully understands. That's just our view though.

alybookgirl

Adriamichelle83:

We don't do either, we do dedications. It's all variations of religious views, I think. We dedicate her to God as a baby, because we believe she will chose to baptized when she is old enough and fully understands. That's just our view though.

 

Yep, this is what we do. The Bible teaches that the person must choose/decide to be baptized as an act of obedience to God.....babies can't really do that  

littlestarr2009

we are dedicating LO on sunday. I agree with Adriamichelle83

GeminA1

Baptism is the actual sacrament (Catholic), but I use Christening as well (not really sure if that's correct or not, I never thought about it)

Art Teacher

They mean the same thing to me.  We'll be baptising/christening dd later this year.

Aliliv

My children are being raised Catholic, so they are/will be baptized.  It all depends on your faith/denomination/etc.   There really is no right or wrong answer....

BengalBelle

alybookgirl:

Adriamichelle83:

We don't do either, we do dedications. It's all variations of religious views, I think. We dedicate her to God as a baby, because we believe she will chose to baptized when she is old enough and fully understands. That's just our view though.

 

Yep, this is what we do. The Bible teaches that the person must choose/decide to be baptized as an act of obedience to God.....babies can't really do that  

This is what we do too.  And I guess I always thought that christening was the term for infant baptism and baptizing was what we did by choice.

Chrysallys

alybookgirl:

Adriamichelle83:

We don't do either, we do dedications. It's all variations of religious views, I think. We dedicate her to God as a baby, because we believe she will chose to baptized when she is old enough and fully understands. That's just our view though.

 

Yep, this is what we do. The Bible teaches that the person must choose/decide to be baptized as an act of obedience to God.....babies can't really do that  

Watch it. I'm sure you weren't meaning to be rude.....right?

Chrysallys

We baptized DS Catholic at a month old, before we moved. If he chooses to remain Catholic he can get confirmed in HS.

Aliliv

Chrysallys:

We baptized DS Catholic at a month old, before we moved. If he chooses to remain Catholic he can get confirmed in HS.

If you don't mind me asking.....   what did your little guy wear for a baptism outfit?     And...where did you get it?   I'm due in July and want to have our new little guy baptized in August.   I'm having a hard time figure out what he will wear and where I can get it.  Sears seems to have outfits, but only starting at 6 months.

 

ksayles

Chrysallys:

We baptized DS Catholic at a month old, before we moved. If he chooses to remain Catholic he can get confirmed in HS.

This is us, but she will be confirmed in 8th grade.

alybookgirl

Chrysallys:

alybookgirl:

Adriamichelle83:

We don't do either, we do dedications. It's all variations of religious views, I think. We dedicate her to God as a baby, because we believe she will chose to baptized when she is old enough and fully understands. That's just our view though.

 

Yep, this is what we do. The Bible teaches that the person must choose/decide to be baptized as an act of obedience to God.....babies can't really do that  

Watch it. I'm sure you weren't meaning to be rude.....right?

 No no, wasn't being rude!  

Mrs.Carlybella

to me they are the same thing- just different names for different denominations.

We baptized B in the Presbyterian church at 4 months old.  Like PP's said-  he can get confirmed at 14 if he chooses to.

NDwife07

jolis_petits_bijoux:

I always thought they were the same thing, just depends on the denomination.  ?  It's not like a church offers you a choice between the two, KWIM?

We chose baptism as that is the sacrament performed by the Catholic church.  (DH is Catholic, DS will be raised Catholic)

This.

ETA - to me it just seems like a matter of semantics,  or denomination-specific wording. Same idea.

nmr79

ksayles:

Chrysallys:

We baptized DS Catholic at a month old, before we moved. If he chooses to remain Catholic he can get confirmed in HS.

This is us, but she will be confirmed in 8th grade.

Us too, but the baptism is next month.

NManger

I am catholic. My children received the sacrament of Bapism. When they are older they will choose (I hope) to be Confirmed Catholic.