I have also seen some instances where the infant was baptized in a hospital, and confirmed shortly thereafter, I assume because the child was near death.
I’ve also seen a lot of cases (most in the Ardboe area of Tyrone) where the child was baptized within 24 hours of birth. It seems unlikely that this would occur before the whole congregation as it included every day of the week, not just Sunday. As time passed, the duration between birth and baptism lengthened, likely due to reduced infant mortality rates. When my kids were baptized in the Catholic Church here in the US in the 1980s, it was not before the entire congregation; it was done on Sunday afternoon after regular Masses had been completed. From: Elwyn Soutter via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 2:18 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Elwyn Soutter <[email protected]> Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: Baptisms - elaewhere, not in the church Dave, The norm was for a church baptism before the whole congregation. However if the child was very sickly and might not live (and too weak to take to church) it could be baptised at home. For the RC church there was also the theological view (in the 1800s) that an unbaptised child would be left in limbo. So you might ask for a home baptism to avoid that, if the child seemed likely to die. Elwyn On Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 19:09:06 BST, dm60--- via CoTyroneList <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Dear Listers Anyone with examples of where a child was baptised at home or in any place other than the church? Trying to understand how this might have occurred, and under what circumstances. Warm regards Dave Mitchell ================================= Send a Message to the List - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com Join the list by sending an email to - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Unsubscribe by sending an email to - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> =================================
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