[WED]Late baptism

[Mathew Duckett]

Some late baptisms were the result of casual behaviour by the parents. In
these cases, the parish priest would be pressing in getting the matter
rectified, and this would result in a "batch of children" being done
together. I know of one case where a mother was baptised at the same time as
her children. If a person was being confirmed or married then the lack of a
baptism would be regarded as something to be corrected by the priest
involved.
Matthew Duckett.
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From: "Stephen and Susan Baines" <suesteph.baines@virgin.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 11:54 AM
Subject: [WED]Late baptism


> Sometimes, emigration was sponsored by the church - but they would require
> those that they were sponsoring to be baptised, and possibly confirmed
too.
>
> This might explain unusual timings for baptisms for those hoping to get
> funding.
>
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