Now lambs are baby sheep is this not advocating the baptizm of children?
2006-11-14 10:28:05 · 22 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think so....
yeah... your right...
I didn't ever notice that!!
2006-11-14 10:29:37 · answer #1 · answered by CoUnTrY mUsIc FrEaK-a-ZoId 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Baptism is the circumcision made without human hands. Babies were circumcised in the New Testament times. To feed the lambs could mean infant baptism, but it most likely means to feed the babies the Eucharist, meaning communing the infants, and raising these lambs up in Faith. The Eucharist has never been denied to babies in the Orthodox Church.
When scholasticism entered the Roman church, people thought great thoughts and understanding got them closer to God. Later Protestants reasoned, well, the older you are, the better you understand so they took the sacrament of infant baptism out of their churches. The Romans still baptized but the age of communication now is getting older and older.
When you understand that baptism is something spiritual, and actual, you would not deny your own child this blessedness. The early church has and always believes that babies are closer to God than any of us, because their minds are not able to think themselves away from God. And retarded people are the same...they are closer to God. Just when would any of them get to participate in God's baptism and Eucharist? They are like children themselves. But, we commune them and baptize them because we know, they really understand God more than we do! Truly!
A baptized and chrismated infant is able to recieve the Eucharist, which we believe is Christ actual body and blood, a participation in that one sacrifice that was made almost 2000 years ago, it is mystical and holy, with God there is no time. Why would we deny our children God? Especially when the word of God says, also, "Suffer the children let them come unto me". Their hearts are pure. Why would we deny our children, these blessed ones, anything that God offers? Especially when we know the Eucharist is the very body and blood of Jesus Christ?
Whole families came into the Early Church and they all were baptized regardless of age.
Faith in God is not a mind thing. It is a faith thing. Anyone can participate, even an infant. You don't get a baby Holy Spirit at Chrismation, you get the fullness. Why would we ever deny this to our babes?
2006-11-14 10:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Felicitas 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your query seems particularly contrived and laboured. The Church as based via Jesus, grew to become into placed below the primacy of Peter. (biblical) Paul expounded an stimulated understand-how of the Gospel .. no longer something new, in simple terms ampliation. To the apostles on Pentecost, Jesus gave the ability to forgive or maintain sin ;instituting the sacrament of reconcillation and additionally the priesthood. to pass into Euclidian abstractions on the Gospel, is to abuse the decernment given via the Holy Spirit.. we are called to understand-how, understand-how, information, Fortitude , expertise, Piety and Regard for the Lord. that's intellectually conceited to 2d wager Holy know-how,. The Pope is the charged instructor below God.
2016-10-22 02:33:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Jesus refers to feeding his sheep and lambs, it has nothing to do with baptism. There are a lot of metaphors in the the Bible. I believe Jesus is telling Peter to take of us, in all sense of the matter ie...teaching, caring, feeding, etc.
2006-11-14 10:34:35 · answer #4 · answered by Janet 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs." John 21:15
Christ was about to leave this world, so He now appoints others to minister to His people. "Feed my lambs." The change of figure here from fishing to shepherding is striking: the one suggests the evangelist, the other the pastor and teacher.
2006-11-14 10:40:32 · answer #5 · answered by House Speaker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason behind baptism is sybolism
when you get baptized you are demonstrating the fact that you have died to your worldly desires and have begun a new life with christ
babies cant make that decision yet they arent capable
so i dont think that when god says lambs he means what you think
i think he means that new christians are baby christians they dont know every thing yet
i dont remember the reference but it says somewhere inthe new testament that new christian sare like babies and they need spiritual milk not meat just as babies cant have solid foods till they get older
2006-11-14 10:35:35 · answer #6 · answered by ~♥ LilPink ♥~ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If feeding means baptizing, yes. But I'm not convinced it does.
Also, "lambs" could also refer to new believers. In either case it has nothing to do with baptism.
2006-11-14 10:29:40 · answer #7 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There was some hidden words in the statement. I am trying my interpretation which is not good, please correct me.
The word sheep represent Christian believer. The Lambs represent not Christian yet but believer.
2006-11-14 10:31:31 · answer #8 · answered by johnkamfailee 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes a lamb is just a lamb. Maybe it's not symbolic.
2006-11-14 10:30:11 · answer #9 · answered by Luken 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not...it's just that some are newer to the faith and need to be fed with milk...cause they can't yet take meat, as is mentioned in scripture.
2006-11-14 10:49:35 · answer #10 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st he says feed males
then females, then all sheep
in that order
feed the males cause they will feed the women too, then the women who don't have men, and lastly feed em all
2006-11-14 10:34:42 · answer #11 · answered by whacky doodler 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋