From: Dianne R. <pra...@ya...> - 2013-06-18 08:47:30
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In the Christian church, Baptism is the original term for accepting the Christian faith. The term "Christening" was used by the general population and has eventually become the accepted term. It covers both infant and adult Baptism. Many Christian denominations and groups still practice only adult baptism, others practice mainly infant baptism. Hope this helps! Dianne On Tue, 2013-06-18 at 07:53 +0200, Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi wrote: > Howdy, > > I failed to understand the difference between Baptism, Christening and > Adult Christening, Does anyone explain the differences in simple > words? > > P.S. I read many pages about them but they increased the fuzziness of > the meaning instead of clarifying it. I found Diffen is most > summarized reference but it doesn't clear enough because it's mixing > between Adult Christening & Christening (it says: "but for others the > word "christening" is reserved for the baptism of infants.")!!! > > -- > Best Regards, > Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ Gramps-users mailing list Gra...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users |