Genealogy Chat

Baptism should not have occured after death as baptism is a sacrament reserved for the living.
I'm surprised that anyone who baptised a dead child didn't adjust the dates to make it look as if they were baptised before death.

Andy

I have often wondered if the church ask for proof of baptism before burying someone
I lost a child at birth and could not naturaly (as I thought) have her baptised. This meant that she could not have her own grave and buriel service. It has narked me for 30 years and still does.

Julie
That's really sad and upsetting.
Hopefully clergy are more enlightened now.
I went to a talk given by the Chaplain of a large local hospital and was interested to learn that they offer families an individual burial service for any child lost at any stage in a pregnancy, no matter how early that might be.

Gwyn

My niece had to have a termination as baby had died, during her pregnancy. He was named and given a funeral service, which I believe was very comforting to the family.

This was not performed by CofE but by a non-conformist church.

These churches do not believe in infant baptisms, but babies are dedicated ,and make their minds up later, if they truly want to follow the Christian religion, and can be baptised later on.

My apologies if I have upset or offended anyone. Ann, I certainly wasn't trying to make you look stupid.

Religion - it's a funny old thing! Not all religious people are good and not all good people are religious. Like politics and s*x, probably best kept to oneself.

M. Steer