On 13/01/2014 08:00, [email protected] wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Christenings vs baptism (Gynes David) snip... > (If baptised by a midwife or anyone else if a Christian minister > is not available, say when a baby is born and deemed unlikely to > survive (and lots of them surprise us and live to a ripe old age!) as > long as it is done in the Trinitarian form, with water, it will be > accepted by the Church. The baby/person is then usually ?Received? > into the church at a brief ceremony in the church later ... > David > > (Retired Minister of the Christian Church.) > > D.J. Gynes [email protected] Which is why, as a non-trinitarian 'Anabaptist', my personal preference is for 'Christening' - the established church's own word for its rite for infant 'wetting' - in contrast to the Biblical term 'Baptism' which always required a voluntary submission by the candidate. The Gedcom standard seems to be flexible enough to cater for differences of view on such matters. However, if our ancestors had not practised infant baptism, tracking them down would be much more difficult! -Martin -- "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." (Psa.37) Web: http://www.biblewitness.org