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RC godparent for COI baby?

  • 06-03-2011 11:50am
    #1
    Irranek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    Can anyone advise if a RC can act as god parent for a baby at a COI baptism?
    Many thanks.


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  • #2
    Ghost Buster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,172 ✭✭✭Ghost Buster


    Irranek wrote: »
    Can anyone advise if a RC can act as god parent for a baby at a COI baptism?
    Many thanks.

    Im certainly not an expert but i suspect it depends on how the parents feel.
    Im a defected catholic and atheist and my sisters, with full knowledge of this have had me as god parent for three of their kids between them.
    Go figure!


  • #3
    dvae
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭dvae


    the idea of being a god parent is that you will bring the child up in there babtised faith if something should happen to that childs parents.

    i dont think a catholic would be allowed to bring a child up to be a protestant in the sense of baptisem.


  • #4
    philologos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    No problem on the CofI side. As to what the RCC might have to say I don't know.


  • #5
    Slav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Slav


    Irranek wrote: »
    Can anyone advise if a RC can act as god parent for a baby at a COI baptism?
    Many thanks.

    There was a thread here a couple of months ago. It looks like there would be a problem from the RC side:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056140470
    dvae wrote: »
    the idea of being a god parent is that you will bring the child up in there babtised faith if something should happen to that childs parents.

    i dont think a catholic would be allowed to bring a child up to be a protestant in the sense of baptisem.
    According to the info in the above thread a special provision that deals with this very issue is made regarding the Orthodox Church. Pity they did not do the same for the Anglican Church.


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