婴儿奉献礼与洗礼:有何区别,教会为何选择其一?



  • 在婴儿奉献礼中,父母感谢上帝赐予孩子,并承诺在信仰中抚养孩子,教会则为孩子祈祷并祝福;此仪式不使用水。
  • 天主教、东正教、圣公会、路德宗、卫理公会和长老会为婴儿施洗,而浸信会和五旬节派教会则为婴儿举行奉献礼或呈献礼,待他们信主后再施洗。
  • 英国浸信会联盟将其仪式称为“婴儿呈献礼”,并表示这“并不声称使孩子成为基督徒”。
  • 《天主教教理》要求“在出生后不久”进行洗礼,东正教会则为婴儿施洗并立即给予圣餐;浸信会则“不认为婴儿洗礼真正基于新约的教导”。
  • 作为婴儿奉献的孩子通常会在日后宣信信仰时受洗,而为婴儿施洗的教会只施洗一次;洗礼(christening)就是洗礼,而非奉献礼:英国国教会表示:“洗礼仪式(christening service)与洗礼仪式(baptism service)之间没有区别。”
  • 婴儿洗礼在公元200年左右已有记载,当时特土良主张推迟洗礼,而约公元253年迦太基的居普良主持的会议则拒绝让婴儿等待八天。

A baby dedication is a service where parents thank God for their child and promise to raise the child in the faith, and the church blesses the child. Infant baptism is a sacrament in which, its churches believe, God gives his grace and the child is received into the Church. Churches that baptize only believers dedicate babies instead. Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian churches baptize babies. Baptist churches, and Pentecostal churches such as the Assemblies of God, dedicate…

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