Tony Harrison wrote: > Hi Liz > No real idea. I thought it might be that the child was baptised in hospital > and father wasn't present so he arranged for the second baptism. Child was > given same name so dad must have approved It may be that the child was a little sickly so was baptised there as a precaution, then baptised a second time in church for a "proper" baptism, rather than being received into church as should have happened. However, you may well be right and his wife may have chosen to keep quiet about the first baptism rather than cause an argument. The father didn't have to be present at the baptism, as Liz commented. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton and Greinton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk