Baptism by a Deacon

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I noticed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1256), it indicates that the ordinary ministers of the Sacrament of Baptism are the Bishops, the priests, and in the Latin Rite the Deacons. With differences in different Rites, how did this difference develop in the history of the Catholic Church? When did this start in the Latin Rite?
 
Hello again! (I answered on your other thread just a minute ago :))

I guess it originated because they had more baptism to perform than bishops and priest to administer them all. Baptism is conferred simply by the action of pouring water times, reciting “In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” (in a good faith). Technically any human, baptized or not, can confer baptism, though for record keeping and ensuring proper solemnity for the occasion, its usually reserved for clergy.
 
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Hello again! (I answered on your other thread just a minute ago :))

I guess it originated because they had more baptism to perform than bishops and priest to administer them all. Baptism is conferred simply by the action of pouring water times, reciting “In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” (in a good faith). Technically any human, baptized or not, can confer baptism, though for record keeping and ensuring proper solemnity for the occasion, its usually reserved for clergy.
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The stipulation for anyone to perform a Baptism is due to a necessity in the situation, indicating to me that there would be a immediate need for it to be performed, and a member of the ordinary ministers of the sacrament would not be available. But this is really not to the point of the question as to when this came about.
 
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The stipulation for anyone to perform a Baptism is due to a necessity in the situation, indicating to me that there would be a immediate need for it to be performed, and a member of the ordinary ministers of the sacrament would not be available. But this is really not to the point of the question as to when this came about.
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I don’t know how to link, but in the Catholic Encyclopedia under “Baptism” your question may be answered. Scroll down to Section XIII titled “Ministers of the Sacrament”. It gives a short history about this. It appears that the first Deacon who baptized was Philip, under the authority of the Apostles, so the practice appears to go back to NT times, but only at the delegation of the Bishop (or in his case the Apostles).
 
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