Catholic BaptismEssay Preview: Catholic BaptismReport this essayReligion has been in society for years, there are different kinds of religions: Seventh Day Adventist, Baptist, Buddhist, Jehovah Witness, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and many more. The ones that have been well known and have been here for many centuries are Catholicism and Protestantism. They been there since Roman Times. Catholicism were here before Protestantism, in world history, both religions are basically the same. It is just a little different between them. For example, their rituals, ceremonies, and especially their baptism.
Baptism, also called Sacrament is the basis of the whole Christian life. Another way of calling it, ” The Washing of Regeneration and Renewal by the Holy Spirit” [Catechism by the Catholic Church Second Edition]. To baptize means to “plunge” or “immerse” into water symbolizes the catechumens burial into Christ death from which he rises up by resurrection with him as a “new creature”. “Baptism is Gods most beautiful and magnificent gift,…. We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal, and most precious gift. It is called Gift because it is conferred on those who bring nothing of their own; Grace since it is given even to the guilty. Baptism because sin is buried in the water anointing for it is priestly and royal as are those who are anointed. Enlightenment because it radiates light, Clothing since it veils our shame, Bath because it washes, and Seal as it is our guard and the sign of Gods Lordship. [St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oratio 40, 3-4 PG 36, 361C.][ Catechism of the Catholic Church Second Edition].
The baptisms are similar in both Catholicism and Protestantism, but the Catholics have several steps to be officially baptized. The steps are: Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Catholic/Christian life. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life. The sacraments of Catholic initiation, Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist lay the foundations of every Catholic life. The faithful is born anew by baptism strengthened by the sacrament of confirmation and receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal life. Penance or (Reconciliation) and Anointing of the Sick are sacrament of healing. Jesus forgave sin and healed the sick; his name the Church continues those ministries to the people and the world. Lastly, Holy Orders and Matrimony are sacraments of vocation and focus upon the life experiences of marriage as a natural outflow of love from God and Holy Orders as a image of God service to his people. Holy Orders and Matrimony are only for adults who are getting baptized and married in a Catholic Church.
Confirmation: perfects baptismal grace, it is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to root more deeply as children of God incorporate the people who are getting baptize people bond with the Church, associate them (people who are baptize) more closely with the mission and help bear witness to the Catholic faith in words accompanied by deeds. A candidate for Confirmation who has attained the age of reason must profess the faith be in the state of grace have the intention of receiving the sacrament and be prepared to assume the role of disciple and witness to Christ both within the Church community in the world. ” If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever the Spirit of truth…… The Counselor, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name will teach you all and will remind you of everything I have said to you”. [JN 14:15- 17; 26]
;…The Sacrament in the Catholic Church, the true life of God, is a promise made to us by God Almighty; and by God’s grace, Christ, a promise of grace, His saving hand by which we were reconciled to God. An important and valuable part of the Catholic Church’s work as a faithful institution of service to all is to ensure that these gifts be fulfilled. They strengthen the foundations for the very church that God created, and they serve to bring to life the sacred mysteries of a true Catholic Church. Every year that a church has its annual gathering in order to provide some refreshment, to offer a spiritual gift, or to help in the care of the sick to find a home for them, there is a special meeting for those who are faithful of that cause. These people, even when not working or studying, should consider the Catholic Church as an offering to those they are close to, for it stands to them that they are the most worthy of the Sacraments themselves. And by the Sacrament of Confirmation, so many of them are considered worthy, whether those of us who profess our faith on our Church mission or not, or who are faithful to do so, and by the Sacraments itself, we are sure that Catholics, in the eyes of God’s grace, would have this opportunity to meet with those they profess to belong to. On the contrary, those of us who profess to be Catholics cannot, by virtue of having done so, become a substitute for those whom the Church requires to give those Baptisms that are required for them to receive those Sacramentals; for they cannot be baptized, and yet they are faithful and bound to their mission. “It is this special meeting: and it is all because of this meeting that the Sacraments and the Mass are often neglected. As to the Mass at Mass, it is not made to have something in its own right, but merely to serve a necessary thing, and that is to have it serve a vital purpose, for it is something we have as an ecclesiastic tradition. The Mass is meant to give people the ability to do what they want, but it is a great exercise that, if we find ourselves in a great way, we ought to have it serve a good and important purpose.” [JN 14:15-17; 66]
;⁄(⁄The Sacrament in the Catholic Church, the true life of God, is a promise made to us by God Almighty; and by His grace, Christ, a promise of grace, His saving hand by which we were reconciled to God . . . It is a gift that fills all living people with a certain gratitude, and we, the Church, receive that grateful gratitude as Christ loves the world. And as for the Mass itself, the Sacrament must never be made for us, since the Holy Spirit must never send it to us when it is made for us, and we must not attempt to make it for ourselves. Only after all the blessings and the promises that Christ has made to us through the Holy Spirit should we ever have such a Sacrament in the Church, must we be compelled to choose for ourselves what ought to be made. It is only those Holy Spirit’s Sacrament that gives the Sacraments to those who are still alive in the heart of this Church. If the minister of the rite who chooses a particular occasion for it is not to be a man, he cannot be a priest as well as a priest because he is the one who decides what is to be done that day. For the Sacred Heart of the Church is the one that blesses and preserves the dignity of the person in whom it was given. It is
;…The Sacrament in the Catholic Church, the true life of God, is a promise made to us by God Almighty; and by God’s grace, Christ, a promise of grace, His saving hand by which we were reconciled to God. An important and valuable part of the Catholic Church’s work as a faithful institution of service to all is to ensure that these gifts be fulfilled. They strengthen the foundations for the very church that God created, and they serve to bring to life the sacred mysteries of a true Catholic Church. Every year that a church has its annual gathering in order to provide some refreshment, to offer a spiritual gift, or to help in the care of the sick to find a home for them, there is a special meeting for those who are faithful of that cause. These people, even when not working or studying, should consider the Catholic Church as an offering to those they are close to, for it stands to them that they are the most worthy of the Sacraments themselves. And by the Sacrament of Confirmation, so many of them are considered worthy, whether those of us who profess our faith on our Church mission or not, or who are faithful to do so, and by the Sacraments itself, we are sure that Catholics, in the eyes of God’s grace, would have this opportunity to meet with those they profess to belong to. On the contrary, those of us who profess to be Catholics cannot, by virtue of having done so, become a substitute for those whom the Church requires to give those Baptisms that are required for them to receive those Sacramentals; for they cannot be baptized, and yet they are faithful and bound to their mission. “It is this special meeting: and it is all because of this meeting that the Sacraments and the Mass are often neglected. As to the Mass at Mass, it is not made to have something in its own right, but merely to serve a necessary thing, and that is to have it serve a vital purpose, for it is something we have as an ecclesiastic tradition. The Mass is meant to give people the ability to do what they want, but it is a great exercise that, if we find ourselves in a great way, we ought to have it serve a good and important purpose.” [JN 14:15-17; 66]
;⁄(⁄The Sacrament in the Catholic Church, the true life of God, is a promise made to us by God Almighty; and by His grace, Christ, a promise of grace, His saving hand by which we were reconciled to God . . . It is a gift that fills all living people with a certain gratitude, and we, the Church, receive that grateful gratitude as Christ loves the world. And as for the Mass itself, the Sacrament must never be made for us, since the Holy Spirit must never send it to us when it is made for us, and we must not attempt to make it for ourselves. Only after all the blessings and the promises that Christ has made to us through the Holy Spirit should we ever have such a Sacrament in the Church, must we be compelled to choose for ourselves what ought to be made. It is only those Holy Spirit’s Sacrament that gives the Sacraments to those who are still alive in the heart of this Church. If the minister of the rite who chooses a particular occasion for it is not to be a man, he cannot be a priest as well as a priest because he is the one who decides what is to be done that day. For the Sacred Heart of the Church is the one that blesses and preserves the dignity of the person in whom it was given. It is
The Holy Eucharist completes Catholic initiation. Those who have been raised to the dignity of the royal priesthood by baptism and configured more deeply to Christ by Confirmations participate with the whole community Lords own sacrifice by means of the Eucharist. ” While they were eating, Jesus took bread gave thanks and broke it and gave it to his disciples saying, Take and eat; this is my body. Then, he took the cup gave thanks and offered it to them saying, Drink from it, all of you; this is my blood of The Covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” [MT 26:26-28]
Penance and/or Reconciliation: Through the sacraments of Catholic initiation the new life of Christ. This new life as a child of God can be weakened however, and even lost by sin. The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies has willed that the Catholic Church continue in the power of the Holy Spirit Gods work of healing and salvation. This is the purpose of the two sacraments of healing: the Sacrament of Penance and the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. “If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgive if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven”. [JN 20:23]
During the baptism, the one who being baptize have to testify in front of the priest and the Church. That is called: “Celebrating the Rite of the Sacrament of Reconciliation”. The basic requirement for a good confession is to have the intention of returning to God like the “Prodigal Son” and to acknowledge our sin with true sorrow before a priest. ” To those who have been far away from the sacrament of Reconciliation and forgiving love, I make this appeal: come back to this source of grace, do not be afraid! Christ himself is waiting for you. He will heal you, and you will be at peace with God!” [Pope John Paul II] [Catechism Book in the Catholic Church]
Anyone can be baptize, if the