Re: [Gramps-users] Baptism vs Christening

[Ron J. <ron...@co...>]

On 06/18/2013 03:11 PM, Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi wrote:
> On 06/18/2013 04:29 PM, Tim Lyons wrote:
>> I think the answer to this question, as for some of your other questions, is
>> that it doesn't really matter what the words mean, what is important is what
>> was recorded in the original source. So if it was called Baptism or
>> Dedication or Naming, then that is what needs to be written.
> I don't agree with you here. I've to be accurate because in Arab countries 
> there are many Muslims and Christians use Gramps so I've to translate the 
> exact mean of the words for making Gramps useful for all users not for 
> specific religion.

Baptism - An act (somehow using water) of professing in public acceptance of 
Jesus Christ.  Depending on the denomination, can be pouring a bit of water 
on the head or full immersion, of an infant or someone old enough to know 
the difference between right and wrong.

Christening - Ceremony of giving of Christian (aka Given) name and the 
charging of God Parents that they will ensure the child will be brought up 
in the Christian faith.  In Roman Catholicism, happens in the same ceremony 
as infant Baptism.

Dedication - Replacement for Christening in low Church denominations where 
there is no Christening  but Grandparents still want to see their 
grandbabies wear a Christening gown up at the front of the church.

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