[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chances are you've never spent much time among some of the Protestant > groups that practice "full immersion" baptism. For many of these groups, > baptism takes place when a person reaches an age of reason - when they can > make a choice to follow in the ways of their religion.<
To add one more piece of information to this thread, when the Protestant group that practices "full immersion" blesses and protects an infant/child with water from the ceremonial font, it is called "a dedication". The child is not baptized; s/he is "dedicated" by the parents as a child of the Christian faith. The parents also dedicate themselves to raising the child in that particular faith with the help of all others who are members of the congregation. Then at the age of reason, the child decides whether or not to be baptized by immersion. This is true of the Northern Baptist faith - my four chidren were all dedicated as infants. I have entered their information in Legacy as "Dedication" [a new event] and then noted their baptisms at the appropriate ages. Here's another example of Legacy's versatility. Nina South Florida [EMAIL PROTECTED] System firewalled with ZoneAlarm E-mail scanned with updated Norton Antivirus Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
