If I was christened am I not Catholic?
Upvote:0
A validly baptized infant is a Catholic until he/she acquires the age of reason and rejects a tenet of the Catholic Faith (Dogma), when this happens a person becomes a heretic and is at that point is a non-Catholic. If you are going to a Baptist church you've definitely rejected some Catholic Dogmas.
Upvote:2
If your family had been able to keep going to the Catholic Church where you were Baptized (christened isn't what Catholics call the sacrament, but don't worry about that. A convert friend of mine just posted pictures of my daughters "Christening" on Facebook, I was like, hmm when was that?) Anyway, if you had remained in the Catholic Church you started out in you wouldn't have automatically been able to receive Holy Communion until you had finished the preparation (usually happens I the USA by 2nd grade), but it wasn't always like that, in other times and places First Communion might not happen until the communicant is a teenager.
But you've got nothing to worry about, if you want to receive communion go to the priest and ask him what to do, it's not a one-size fits all problem.
Upvote:7
I would say they erred on the side of caution. Your baptism is fully valid in the Catholic Church and since you are mature enough to distinguish the Eucharist from regular food you have every right to partake.
However, because you were raised in a Baptist church, you did not receive a Catholic education nor did you have a Catholic confirmation. (In fact the Baptists do not Confirm since they do not baptize infants.) I also assume that you did not perform the sacrament of penance before taking Communion. Therefore, you partaking could present the appearance of impropriety. If you intend to continue worshiping in the Catholic church you should discuss taking the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults with a priest. This will include education, Penance, Confirmation, and Communion.
More post
- 📝 What is the the difference between the monotheism of Trinitarian Christianity and Judaism?
- 📝 How do young Catholics remember a set of prayers in order to pray the rosary?
- 📝 Are there any Biblical allusions to St. Raphael or Uriel outside of Tobit?
- 📝 What do red garments represent for leaders in the Catholic church?
- 📝 What is the Christian position on sleeping with a menstruating woman?
- 📝 Why are transgender prayer requests "too far"?
- 📝 Did Protestants get "Thine is the Kingdom etc..." from the Didache?
- 📝 Is there a biblical basis for the claim that humans are shaped into the God-human Christ?
- 📝 Should a Protestant read the apocryphal books of the Bible?
- 📝 Do/which Christians believe they hear from God?
- 📝 Is Jesus depicted as dead or alive on a crucifix?
- 📝 Does The Book of Mormon contain Jewish literary techniques?
- 📝 How is a 30 days novena to St. Joseph different from a consecration to St. Joseph?
- 📝 Do infant-baptizing Protestant denominations have any requirements on names?
- 📝 Why does God punish us for our will?
- 📝 What are the Catholic arguments for God having a free will?
- 📝 Was C. S. Lewis a "muscular" Christian?
- 📝 What do Catholics believe about Yom kippur and judgment?
- 📝 Had Jesus already read the end of the book?
- 📝 Epiphaneus: “Martyrdom of Peter and Paul”
- 📝 Was Peter part of a militant sect?
- 📝 Has the Episcopal Church ever identified "patriarchy" as a sin?
- 📝 Did Abraham have faith in the future coming of Christ?
- 📝 How would a Catholic explain the absence of the mass in the Epistle to the Hebrews?
- 📝 When can our prayers change God's mind/will? Is it wrong to pray against the will of God?
- 📝 What will happen to the Trinity when the Bride of Christ is revealed?
- 📝 When will be the end of the Catholic Church on earth by definition?
- 📝 How do proponents of Perseverance of the Saints have confidence in their salvation?
- 📝 Pre-Vatican II guidelines for vestments
- 📝 LDS Free Agency viewpoint
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 If I was christened am I not Catholic?
- 📝 Can a baby be baptized in a Catholic Church if the mother does not have papers proving she was baptized?
- 📝 Why was Descartes' interpretation of the Catholic transubstantiation not approved by Church and how can it be improved?
- 📝 According to the Catholic church, was there a New Testament writer who was not a bishop?
- 📝 According to Roman Catholic doctrine, why does Mary refer to God as her Savior if she was born without sin?
- 📝 According to those holding that Lazarus was literally raised from the dead, why did Matthew, Mark, and Luke not mention it?
- 📝 How could Jesus be born during the reign of Herod, and when Quirinius was governor of Syria, if those periods were not contemporary?
- 📝 According to those holding that Jesus was literally born of a virgin, why did Paul not mention it?
- 📝 Was the Last Supper not the Passover meal?
- 📝 Why was it not necessary to break Jesus' legs during crucifixion?
- 📝 Why does the Roman Catholic Church not hold to the perspicuity of Scripture?
- 📝 What happened to the wives of priests when celibacy was first instituted in the Catholic church?
- 📝 Why was the Bible not available to common people in the Medieval period?
- 📝 When did the Orthodox and Catholic Churches distinguish the manner in which the Sign of the Cross was to be made?
- 📝 According to Catholic teaching, was Joseph and Mary's marriage a true marriage?
- 📝 Where does the Catholic tradition that Mary did not have pain giving birth to Jesus come from?
- 📝 Did Mary know she was sinless, according to Roman Catholic teaching?
- 📝 What arguments are given that Ephesians was not written by Paul?
- 📝 Why was eating meat on Fridays forbidden in the Catholic Church for so many years?
- 📝 In Catholic understanding, did Paul speak/write ex cathedra while Peter was serving as Pope?
- 📝 Does one have to admit to not being a virgin when preparing for a Catholic wedding?
- 📝 Why was the epistle of Clement to Corinth not considered canonical?
- 📝 Why was Jesus called Jesus, and not Immanuel?
- 📝 Is the Catholic Church NOT against all birth control?
- 📝 Why do Syrian Orthodox churches use only paintings and not sculptures, unlike Catholic churches?
- 📝 Since when did the Catholic church accept Protestant baptism, and what was the original rationale for accepting?
- 📝 Why was the Apostle Paul seemingly not that interested in baptizing believers?
- 📝 Why (and when) did the Apostles stop requiring exactly twelve apostles? Why was James not replaced?
- 📝 Why does the Catholic church not sanction the KJV translation?
- 📝 If Jesus is not God according to Jehovah’s Witnesses, why was He accused of blasphemy?