yesturday.when i was geting my baby daughter bapitized at the old chatolic church..the priest churced me he made me neal in front of marry...and my fathers friend said to my dad l8ter on that the priest never did that before...and iam only 17years old me and her father never got married...and when the preist was churching me i was up there by myself with him ..and just leting you guys know i was never bapitised but i will be geting it soon..but her father has been...so what does geting churched mean??
2006-09-25 04:45:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i had to neal with my baby in front of her
2006-09-25 04:49:19 · update #1
"Churching" is something Orthodox and Old Catholics do. Traditionally, a woman wasn't allowed in church after childbirth until the baby's baptism (this has to do with holdovers from Jewish purity laws). So there was a special ceremony for letting her back in the church again.
2006-09-25 04:48:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have absolutely never heard the word "church" used like that before... it must be solely in the catholic religion, I'm assuming. I can tell you this, though... the word "church" in the Bible refers to the people as a whole who have given their lives to Christ and become a spiritually-connected organization or body. It literally means in the Greek "The called out ones." Jesus used it in once in the gospels in response to Peter's revelation that he was indeed the prophesied Christ: "On this rock (of revelation knowledge) I will build my church, and the very gates of Hell will not prevail against it."
From the biblical teaching, the only way to become a part of Jesus' church (also known as His body on earth) is to accept him as Lord and Savior, which is demonstrated by public baptism in his name after repenting for our sins and accepting his death as our own (Acts 2:38-40, Romans 6:1-10, Romans 10:8-10) Many people join an organized church but never really accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior; therefore, they never truly become a part of the church Jesus refers to.
I strongly encourage you, after eveyone has shared their opinions, to check out what the Bible has to say about it. Then you'll know directly from the source!
2006-09-25 11:58:44 · answer #2 · answered by Rodeba1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard it used as a slang
get all churched up
or to conform to ritual and social norms in an orderly organized fashion either willingly or as a hypocrite and pretend like the rest to keep the peace
you may mean initiated
2006-09-25 11:51:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tr.v. churched, church·ing, church·es
To conduct a church service for, especially to perform a religious service for (a woman after childbirth).
talk to your Priest he should be able to explain
2006-09-25 11:51:54 · answer #4 · answered by ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe Suzanne can help on this, as I'm not up on the Catholic faith.
2006-09-25 11:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋