the church placed the sin of the parents on the children
2007-08-22 01:19:18 · 17 answers · asked by kle k 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
First of all This is a blessing for the baby, because the baby will know as he or she grows up that there is no place in the bible that any baby was ever baptized. This is only a Catholic teaching, I would not give 2 cents for any catholic teachings, seeing they are so far away from real truth.
2007-08-22 01:48:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Catholic Church will not refuse to Baptize a baby simply because it was born out of wedlock.
A Catholic priest might frown upon such a thing because he may feel, given the fact that the baby was born out of wedlock (and assuming the parents are not active Catholics), he probably feels there is little chance of the child being instructed in the Catholic Faith.
Again, while the priest's concerns are warranted, refusing to Baptize the child is as rare as it is extreme. You might simply want to have the child Baptized in a different Catholic parish.
Better still, become the active Catholic parents the priest wants you to be, so that the child's chances of growing up as a well instructed Catholic are good. It will do the parents' spiritual well being a lot of good as well to become active Catholics.
2007-08-22 03:18:48 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A baby of unwed parents can be baptized in the Catholic Church. However one requirement is that the parents have to promise that they will raise the child as a Catholic.
If there is something in the parent's lifestyle that makes the priest think that they will not uphold this promise then he can "delay" the baptism of the child until the situation is resolved.
Exceptions are made for emergency situations like danger of death.
For more information, see the Code of Canon Law, section 868: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P2X.HTM
With love in Christ.
2007-08-22 17:02:26 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may inform whoever told you this that it's hogwash. If it was a priest, then go to another parish.
If an unwed mother is Catholic, and intends to raise her child in the Church, then that child can be baptized and does not carry "the sin of the parents". Now the parents themselves may have some reconciliation to do as far as the Church is concerned, particularly if they continue to cohabit, but this has nothing to do with the child.
2007-08-22 02:52:26 · answer #4 · answered by Clare † 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, any child of a practicing Catholic can be baptized in the Church, whether or not his/her parents are married. Baptism will not be denied to any person due to his/her parents' sin.
However, if the unwed mother and father are not practicing -- I mean, neither one of them ever goes to Mass and neither one of them are the least bit interested in receiving the Sacraments -- then the Church cannot count on the child being raised in the Catholic religion. This renders the Sacrament of Baptism invalid.
2007-08-22 03:15:49 · answer #5 · answered by sparki777 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A priest will not baptize a baby unless the parents promise to raise the child in the catholic faith and be good Christian role models. Having a child baptized and not following through makes the baptism meaningless.
Living together without being married is not setting a good Christian role model for the child.
2007-08-22 06:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Placing the sin of the parents onto any child is anti-Biblical. No person pays for another persons sin, I don't care who they are. The only way you would pay for someone elses sin is if you committed a like sin - meaning if you also commit that same sin.
Great question for the Catholic Church, and while you are at it, please also ask them why
when my family were of one Catholic Church all our lives - my father being a contributor and parishener for 73 years, and all 6 of us kids going to school there, church, and sunday school - but then when my dad died I found out my elderly mom will not be allowed to be buried with the rest of us because she was brought up in a Methodist household as a child.
Needless to say, I have not returned there and never will.
2007-08-22 01:28:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No they are going to need an annulment...my fiance and that i merely went in the process the technique (he's divorced). even though, it merely took a month to report all the workplace work by way of fact his first marriage grew to become into no longer interior the Catholic church. there are particular policies related to annulment, it could the two take a month or as much as a 300 and sixty 5 days reckoning on the situations. I actual have a feeling he will could desire to do the long annulment on the grounds that he has already been married two times...it is going to no longer impact you very lots, he will merely could desire to point what led to your divorce. i'm no longer a hundred% confident if the church will touch you or no longer. wish this facilitates.
2016-10-09 00:46:57 · answer #8 · answered by tasha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, our daughter was baptized in a Catholic Church deep in the heart of Mexico no less. Change churches. Each branch does things the way they want to. What is in your hearts is what counts.
2007-08-22 01:50:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's not much point in baptizing a child Catholic unless that child has the assurance of being properly raised and educated in the Catholic faith.
I know of no Catholic priest or parish who would refuse baptism to any Catholic willing to provide those assurances.
It's much more likely that you wanted to do things your way, and the priest wisely declined.
2007-08-22 02:58:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋