Does a priest have to baptize you? I want my granddaughter to be baptized in the river.Can anyone do it?

Answer 1

In Catholicism, the ordinary ministers of Baptism are the bishop, the priest and the deacon.

In case of necessity, anyone, even a non-baptized person, with the required intention, can baptize, by using the Trinitarian baptismal formula:

[name], I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

PROPER Christian baptism is a rite to be observed by those who BELIEVE the Gospel message. Nothing in scripture places a limit on who performs it. Infant "baptism" was invented a few hundred years after the establishment of the church and is NOT a Biblical baptism. It serves only to get the child wet.

In the original Greek of the New Testament, there is no difference in the way one would say "be baptized" or "baptize yourself." The passive and middle forms are exactly the same. The context has to give a clue in order to interpret it one way or the other. We have in scripture several cases where it cannot be determined which is meant. Clearly, the focus is on the recipient, NOT the actor, if one exists.

Answer 3

Anyone can baptize, baptism is the public declaration you are a Christian ... has nothing to do with the one who dunks you lol.

If your granddaughter is a small child or baby, then baptism is the public declaration that you (or the parents really) are agreeing to dedicate the child to God, to raise her in a Christian home. It's also the time to publicly declare the godparents. It can be done by anyone, but a pastor or priest gives them a cute little bible usually and perhaps a little certificate.

It's the parents choice, if it's a child. If the girl is old enough to become a Christian, then she can make up her own mind where to be baptized.

Answer 4

There are plenty of religions that will baptize in a river. I was raised Methodist and baptized when I was 12 in the Potomac River.

Ask your pastor...sometimes if there is enough interest, they can arrange to do something like that.

And yes, it should be done by someone with authority.

Answer 5

If you are a Christian and you have surrendered your life to Jesus Christ, then you can baptize your granddaughter in the river. If her granddad is alive, why can't he do it instead of you?

Read Matthew 28:19 & 20 You are to baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son Jesus Christ and of the Holy Ghost.

Teach her to observe all the Words of God in His Holy Bible.

Answer 6

I am LDS - Mormon - and we believe those who hold the Priesthood authority, which is esentially the power to act in God's name, are the only ones who have the authority to baptize in Christ's name.
So I guess if you are not LDS, then it won't really matter who baptizes your granddaughter.

Answer 7

If you are of the Christian faith, any pastor/minister should be able to baptize you. Jesus was baptized in a river. Check with a pastor you are comfortable with.

Answer 8

It depends on which denomination you are part of. In the Church of Christ, any Christian man can baptize in any water deep enough to be immersed in, so the river would not be a problem.

Answer 9

or a minister who is qualified even though conversion may have already happened....this is a modern world...its not where that counts...its whats happening inside the person...Most ministers wont but my 2nd baptism the minister did mine in a private swimpool..

Answer 10

Any baptised person is allowed to baptise another.You don't need a priest.