Christening / Baptising?

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what is the diference between being christened and baptised?
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If you are referring to the Catholic Church, there is no difference.

When a person is baptized, they are anointed with holy chrism. Thus the terms chrismation and christening.
 
Actually my 1994 edition of the Modern Catholic Encyclopedia (Liturgical Press) says that ‘christening’ refers to the part of the baptism ceremony where the person assumes a ‘Christian name’. So it has nothing to do with the anointing with Sacred Chrism but everything to do with assuming a name.

That explains why we also ‘christen’ ships.

Chrismation is a whole different ball of wax.
 
so does that mean, although i have been christened, i wuld have to be baptised as part of a catholic church?
 
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so does that mean, although i have been christened, i wuld have to be baptised as part of a catholic church?
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It really depends on which Church you were Christened in.

Some non-Catholic Churches tend to use ‘Christening’ and ‘Baptism’ interchangeably.

Chances are that if you were ‘Christened’ in the Anglican/Episcopal, United, Lutheran, etc, you were baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (IOW, a trinitarian baptism). In that case you would not need to be baptized to become Catholic.
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oh, and what exactly is Chrismation, then?
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Chrismation is the anointing with Sacred Chrism done at Orthodox or Eastern Rite Churches at the time a baby is baptized. This anointing is the same as Confirmation in the Latin Rite (RC) Church.
 
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