2007-03-11 03:21:29 · 4 answers · asked by Sike 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christening of a baby is a time when the PARENTS are asked questions. Do they believe in God. Will they raise this child in a Godly home and so on.
Baptism is when that baby has grown to the age of accountability, usually 12, and has accepted Jesus Christ.
2007-03-11 03:38:00 · answer #1 · answered by drg5609 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptism is not christening. Baptism is for somebody that believes in Jesus and gets baptized as a symbol of burying the old man with his sins, then rising to follow Jesus.
Christening is just giving somebody or something a name. I never made a ceremony out of it.
2007-03-11 10:31:38 · answer #2 · answered by supertop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptism is a ceremony a person goes through "after" salvation. "Christening" is a term some use for infant baptism. This issue split the church somewhere around 250 A.D. The church did not recover until around 1550.
2007-03-11 10:28:17 · answer #3 · answered by Terrence J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different words, same thing.
2007-03-11 10:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by anthonypaullloyd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋