There is no such thing as a bar baptism in the Catholic Church.
Roman Catholic AnswerThere are several symbols for Catholic Baptism: water, oils, a shell, a white garment, a candle.
Baptism can be for other Christian faiths, not just Catholic. So if you are becoming a Christian, you are baptised.
At least one Godparent must be Catholic.
Yes, but only if you are catholic. Catholic baptisms are based on initiation into the Catholic church. Baptism means to "begin a new live", and is to wash sins away in your live.
The Godparents promise at Baptism to assist the parents in raising a child in the Catholic faith.
There is no christening cup in a baptism. Christening cups, as far as I know, were popular presents at a baptism, beginning in the 19th century. I have never heard of one actuallyl being used in a baptism, Catholic or otherwise.
Baptism is the rite by which someone becomes a member of the Church. You are therefore Catholic when you are baptized, regardless or who baptizes or where it is performed.
they say it does count. but my pastor says you have to be old enough to know why you are being baptized.
A person is a Catholic from the minute that he is born, if he is born into a Catholic family, or when he first starts studying for Baptism. An adult in RCIA (the program for adult converts) would be buried in a Catholic cemetery if he died before Baptism.
Timothy Fitzgerald has written: 'Infant baptism' -- subject(s): Liturgy, Baptism, Catholic Church, Baptism (Liturgy), Infant baptism
Roman Catholic AnswerYes, any Baptism done with the correct formula and intention, by anybody, is valid, and thus accepted by the Church.