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can anyone answer this question ?
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RStar | Report | 11 Jul 2007 19:07 |
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I didnt know you had witnesses at baptisms? You dont mean Godparents? Maybe it was the fathers relation, who had the same name? |
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Clive | Report | 11 Jul 2007 19:08 |
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Very definitely Yes Father can be godfather or to use an old fashioned word 'sponsor' and a witness but does not have to be any of the above. Clive |
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Angela | Report | 11 Jul 2007 19:08 |
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can a father be named witness to hi childs baptism ? someone has just asked this question and im hoping someone in the genes world will beable to help her she has a few baptisms and the fathers name on |
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Amanda S | Report | 11 Jul 2007 19:16 |
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When did the baptism take place? I know of a couple who adopted a child in the 1989. Although the child had been baptised soon after birth, his adoptive parents decided, when he was about 6 months old, to have him baptised again in their church and in the name that they had chosen for him. The priest told them that the ceremony was a blessing rather than a baptism (although it was identical in every way) as someone can't be baptised twice. As they were not his birth parents, they fulfilled the role of godparents at the ceremony. They are entered into the parish register as both parents and godparents. |
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Angela | Report | 11 Jul 2007 19:31 |
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thanks everyone for your help angie |
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