Baptizing yourself facing imminent death

[hdog]

if you found out you had 2 hours to live and you were all by yourself with no one around and you just converted would God accept it if you baptized yourself? Is it legitimate? Would you still go to heaven if you truly believed?
or if there was no christians around and you’d be killed before you’d get to one
or do you need someone else to do it?

i would feel bad for the person who truly believes and cannot get themselves baptised because there is no one around to do it

 

[Rosella]

You cannot physically perform baptism on yourself. If you had holy water, you could bless yourself. You could say a “perfect” act of contrition.

However, perhaps the situation you describe would apply to “baptism of desire”.

 

[Suslar]

I don’t understand why you are asking the question.
What does your church teach?

In Catholicism, we depend 100% on the grace and mercy of God for our salvation.

 

[ConstantineTG]

if you found out you had 2 hours to live and you were all by yourself with no one around and you just converted would God accept it if you baptized yourself?

No. But this would fall under baptism of desire.

Is it legitimate? Would you still go to heaven if you truly believed?

No one can conclusively say if one goes to heaven until God reveals one to be a saint.

or if there was no christians around and you’d be killed before you’d get to one
or do you need someone else to do it?

You need someone else to do it. The good news is you don’t need a Christian to baptize you.

i would feel bad for the person who truly believes and cannot get themselves baptised because there is no one around to do it

That is why there is Baptism of Desire