Should a Catholic attend a "re-baptism"?-- To attempt to do so constitutes objective sacrilege, working4christ2

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missfrass08 Trial Membership   Join Date: June 19, 2013 Posts: 1 Religion: Catholic

Should a Catholic attend a "re-baptism"? I recently received an invitation to the baptism of a friend. She currently attends a Bible church, but she was baptized Catholic as an infant and was then raised and confirmed in the United Methodist church. Since I know that she was already validly baptized, I understand that this new "baptism" would be redundant and would have no real meaning sacramentally. Would it be wrong for me to accept the invitation in light of this knowledge? I'm leaning towards not attending. Last edited by Michelle Arnold; Today at 3:16 pm.

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Michelle Arnold Catholic Answers Apologist   Join Date: May 3, 2004 Posts: 4,831 Religion: Catholic

Re: Should a Catholic attend a "re-baptism"? Baptism is a one-time sacrament that cannot be repeated. To attempt to do so constitutes objective sacrilege, although moral culpability for sacrilege may be mitigated if there is lack of knowledge about the nature of baptism on the part of the person attempting "re-baptism." I cannot recommend attending a "re-baptism" for anyone you know has already been validly baptized. __________________ "If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him." --St. Edith Stein Recent apologetics answers by Michelle Arnold Visit Michelle Arnold on Facebook