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    1. [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Infant Baptism
    2. Mignon Nicholson
    3. Yes, Episcopalians baptize infants and they have godparents/sponsors. My infant grandson was recently baptized as is our custom, and I doubt that there was any thought by the parents that if they didn't have this done that he would burn in hell. (I doubt if many of my ancestors thought about the threat either.) At this ceremony the parents and godparents are bound in a covenant relationship by taking the baptismal vows on behalf of the child...UNTIL the child is able to take them for himself in a rite called Confirmation. Mignon

    06/01/2001 02:43:50