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| The Sanctifying Function of the Church » The Sacraments » Baptism » Those to be baptized | |
| Canon 868. Previous Next | §1 For an infant to be baptised lawfully it is required:
1° that the parents, or at least one of them, or the person who lawfully holds their place, give their consent; 2° there must be a founded hope that the infant will be brought up in the Catholic religion subject to §3; if such hope is altogether lacking, the baptism is to be delayed according to the prescripts of particular law after the parents have been informed of the reason. [revised wording according to m.p. De concordia inter Codices, 31.V.2016] §2 An infant of catholic parents, indeed even of non-catholic parents, may in danger of death be baptised even if the parents are opposed to it. §3. The child of non-Catholic Christians is lawfully baptized if the parents or at least one of them or the one who legitimately takes their place requests it and if it is impossible for them, physically or morally, to approach their own minister. [new paragraph added by m.p. De concordia inter Codices, 31.V.2016] |
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