WHO IS WORTHY TO PERFORM THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH?

WHO IS WORTHY TO PERFORM THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH?

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Baptism requires just the water and the words, the sacrament just like the Sacrament of Marriage must not require a priest; any baptized person can baptize another. In fact, when the life of a person is in danger, even a non-baptized person including someone who does not himself believe in Christ can baptize, provided that the person performing the baptism follows the form of baptism and intends, by the baptism, to do what the Church does in other words, to bring the person being baptized into the fullness of the Church.
In certain cases where a baptism has been performed by an extraordinary minister that is, someone other than a priest, the ordinary minister of the sacrament a priest may later perform a conditional baptism.
A conditional baptism, however, would only be performed if there were grave doubt about the validity of the original application of the sacrament for instance, if a non acceptable formula were used, or if the baptism had been performed by a non-baptized person who later admitted that he did not have the proper intention.

A conditional baptism is not a "re-baptism"; the sacrament can only be received once. And a conditional baptism cannot be performed for any reason other than grave doubt about the validity of the original application for instance, if a valid baptism has been performed, a priest cannot perform a conditional baptism so that family and friends can be present.

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Scriptural backup that support infant baptism in the Roman Catholic Church despite the argument of some quoting Romans 10:9, “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you shall be saved.

Scriptural backup that support infant baptism in the Roman Catholic Church despite the argument of some quoting Romans 10:9, “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you shall be saved.

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 OLD TESTAMENT

Psalm 22:9-10:

Yet you are He who brought me forth from the womb; you made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts. Upon You I saw cast from birth; you have been my God from my mother’s womb. (New American Standard Bible)

Isaiah 46:3

Listen to Me, o house of Jacob, And all the ruminant of the house of Israel, You who  have been borne by me from birth And have been carried from the womb; (New American Standard Bible)

Isaiah 49:1

Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb; from the body of my mother he named my name. (English Standard Version)

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; have appointed you a prophet to the nations. (New American Standard Bible)

NEW TESTAMENT

Matthew 18:3

Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. (New American Standard Bible)

Matthew 19:14:

But Jesus said, ”Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (New American Standard Bible) and many more

Luke 1:15:

He will be great before the lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. . (English Standard Version)

Luke 1:42:

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby in her womb leaped for joy; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. (New American Standard Bible)

Galatians 1:15:

Even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace (New Living Tradition)

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Celebration of the Christian mystery

Celebration of the Christian mystery

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Sacraments
Main article: Sacraments of the Catholic Church

There are seven sacraments of the church, of which the most important is the Eucharist.[48] According to the Catechism, these sacraments were instituted by Christ and entrusted to the church.[10] They are vehicles through

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