There may be a hidden message but on the other hand, as late as the early 1960s some Presbyterian ministers in NI performed home baptisms on their annual or bi annual home visits, if the child had not already had a church baptism. Travel to a distant church with a young baby was not always easy.
Evelyn Get BlueMail for Android On 26 May 2021, 08:56, at 08:56, Dave Mitchell via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> wrote: >Thanks everyone. > > > >Working on the extra insights, looking at a specific instance in >Donagheady in 1846 – trying to figure out the “hidden message” (if >any). > > > >Take care. > > > >Warm regards > > > >Dave Mitchell > > > >------------------------------------------------------ > > > >From: Mary Jarvis via CoTyroneList ><[email protected]> >Sent: 26 May 2021 12:43 AM >To: 'Elwyn Soutter' <[email protected]>; 'CoTyroneIreland.com >Mailing List' <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: Baptisms - elaewhere, not in the >church > > > >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] ><mailto:[email protected]> > >Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 2:18 PM >To: [email protected] ><mailto:[email protected]> >Cc: Elwyn Soutter <[email protected] ><mailto:[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]> > >================================= > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >================================= >Send a Message to the List - [email protected] >List Archive - >https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com >Join the list by sending an email to - >[email protected] >To receive the Digest version, send an email to - >[email protected] >Unsubscribe by sending an email to - >[email protected] >=================================
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