My friend does not want to do the RCIA course just yet. She thinks it goes to fast. She wants to do the baptism only and then after a year or so do the RCIA courses.
2007-10-22 07:27:48 · 14 answers · asked by glama_girl_4eva 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Then why is it that babies can get baptised to easily and then go through the faith and adults have to go through these classes?...sorry I know this is a whole new question..but it's a tad mind boggling....
2007-10-22 07:53:16 · update #1
I believe the Church is going to demand she attend teh RCIA meetings. If that goes to fast for her then assenting to the required confession for baptism and entering into a lifelong commitment is likely not something the Church will view as somehow less fast. But you can stay in the RCIA course for however long you like, it doesn't so much have a start and ending date as it just keeps on going.
Edit: Why are posts that provide factual informationto answer this question getting thumbs down? I'm not sure the evangelical protestant crowd gets what those things mean....
2007-10-22 07:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes, the Church will baptize an adult -- happens all the time.
But if your friend is not willing to do RCIA, then she will not be baptized. The point of RCIA is to teach a person what being Catholic means. You have to go through RCIA before you can really determine whether or not you truly want to be Catholic.
Why don't you set up a meeting with her and a priest that you know is good at answering questions? He can explain the process and perhaps make her feel better about it.
2007-10-22 07:53:47 · answer #2 · answered by sparki777 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the Church will Baptize an adult. They Baptized me at age 37.
Sorry, your friend must attend RCIA classes - funny I thought it took forever, but then I was very committed to joining the Church.
There is no requirement to join the Church after RCIA, your friend can attend RCIA then do Religious Ed. Classes, then do RCIA again.
2007-10-22 08:20:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
To answer the part about the difference between infant baptisms and adult baptisms: Infants are, presumably, going to be raised in the faith. They learn about it in stages, as children learn anything else, from their parents and from religion classes in the parish church. There's a certain amount they need to know and understand before they receive their next sacraments, namely Reconciliation (confession) and their first Holy Communion; they learn still more, at middle-school and high-school ages, before the sacrament of Confirmation.
When adults come into the church, however, they are presumably well above the "age of reason" (being able to understand, articulate and profess one's faith) and yet they too must know what it is they are professing as well as what the sacraments mean; and so they need to learn the essential teachings of the Church before receiving the sacraments, even that of baptism. For those baptized as infants, their parents assent on their behalf.
Edit: Not everyone who goes through RCIA comes into the Church right away, for various reasons. And some do not attend all of the class sessions in a single year, but do part one year and part the next.
2007-10-22 08:13:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they do baptize adults.
Tell her to contact her local parish and talk with a priest.
Edit: Actually, that is my assumption. I'm not completely sure. My suggestion would be to talk to a priest.
But I attended RCIA and in my opinion is does not go to fast. She can attend but she doesn't have to join the church when it's over if she's not ready. No one will force her. She can wait and go through RCIA again if she wants to.
2007-10-22 07:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by Misty 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your friend want to put the cart before the horse.
I suggest that your friend go to an RCIA class and get baptized, then go to adult education classes at her church or in the diocese.
She should talk to the priest or director of religious education at the catholic church about this.
2007-10-22 07:39:54 · answer #6 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A close friend of mine converted to Catholicism from Judaism as an adult, and I attended his baptism. I've seen plenty of adult baptisms within the Catholic Church. However, I'll admit that all of the adult baptisms I've seen were from people who underwent RCIA courses first. Call or e-mail a priest in the parish your friend wants to join, and ask.
2007-10-22 07:33:58 · answer #7 · answered by solarius 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Sorry, no can do.
She must complete RCIA before she can be baptised.
It is the most important thing she will ever do, and so the Church requires her to know the faith fully before she is baptised.
2007-10-22 07:32:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Latin ceremony: many times, the person stands till now the baptismal font, bends forward and turns his/her head to the realm. The priest then ladles up holy water from the font and pours it around the guy's brow. I even have additionally considered it performed the place the guy is bends backward over the font, supported in the back of the shoulders via his/her sponsor, and the priest pours the holy water over the main suitable of the guy's head. finished immersion is often an determination any time the centers are available in.
2016-12-18 14:33:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. Yor friend does not need to do the RCIA course if her baptism is done by a Orthodox Priest.
2007-10-22 07:30:18 · answer #10 · answered by Jacob Dahlen 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋