if their going to put water on him right then? Wouldn't it be better if the Holy Sheet was wrapped around the baby after the clensing by water and after a bit of a towel dry so that it doesn't get all wet when you pick the baby up?
2007-04-25 15:09:51 · 13 answers · asked by Gunning4Jesus 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hi tonks, yes I am Orthodox and the babies are immersed entirely in the holy sheet! Then it is almost impossible to take pictures or anything because you dont want to leave the baby in the wet sheet too long or he or she can catch cold. I love my church but I think this is silly!
2007-04-25 15:36:30 · update #1
i am greek orhodox and we use the sheet only after the baby has come out of the water..it covers the godparent from getting wet, as the baby is handed over to them straight out of the basin..i am not 100% sure.but i think another reason is that the baby has been covered in holy oil during the baptism process.the sheet stops the holy oil getting everywhere else.the sheet must then be washed in a tub and the water must be thrown into the garden or ocean or where no man will step.
2007-04-27 09:32:24 · answer #1 · answered by sunshine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like the others I have never seen this. All I can think of it that it keeps the priest from dropping the kid. I think that only the Orthodox Church does a full immersion of a baby. I did see one once in the Episcopal church when a Priest was baptizing his own child. But the kid was naked. And they wrap them right after in white. Or in churches where they are just sprinkled they wear white to show that they are a new person in Christ.
2007-04-25 22:33:35 · answer #2 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Were the Holy Sheets white per chance? Imagine, Christians running around in white sheets...yes very silly.
2007-04-27 19:44:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was born Catholic. I have the pictures from my baptism. I was dressed in a long frilly white dress, and wrapped in a blanket. My mom looked like crap because she got the flu in the hospital while there to give birth to me. They only let her hold me for the baptism. As far as I know, they only sprinkled water on my head, and I've been told I pitched a fit over that. I guess my pagan soul was objecting to being baptised against my will.
2007-04-26 00:19:37 · answer #4 · answered by Cosmic I 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have seen a lot of baptisms in my day and never have I heard of a holy sheet, where do you people come up with this stuff, must be some cult trying to start a new tradition.
2007-04-25 22:17:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
LOL I'm from a protestant background. No holy sheet here.
I agree that it would keep the babes from being so wiggly and slippery. Probally just one more excuse to one up each other bur buying the best "sheet" for you kids.
2007-04-26 09:54:19 · answer #6 · answered by G's Random Thoughts 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Infant baptism is the unnecessary practice of baptizing babies and children who are under the age of accountability, which is eight years old. The Lord condemns infant baptism (Moro. 8: 10-21). Children are born innocent and without sin. Satan has no power to tempt children until they begin to become accountable (D&C 29: 46-47) so they have no need to repent or be baptized. Children should be baptized at the age of eight (D&C 68: 25-27).
2007-04-25 22:14:00 · answer #7 · answered by Arthurpod 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
By selling the parents a special "holy sheet", the church increased profits on infant baptism by 10%.
Only those who have accurate knowledge and can make an informed decision should be baptized. Infants clearly cannot make such a decision to dedicate themselves to God.
2007-04-25 22:14:27 · answer #8 · answered by Epitome_inc 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Interesting... never saw (or heard of) a holy sheet at a baptism. Is that a Catholic thing?
2007-04-25 22:15:14 · answer #9 · answered by Blessed 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Holy Sheet! thats is a good question.
2007-04-25 22:33:16 · answer #10 · answered by nihilist 1 · 4⤊ 1⤋