Latin kid baptized in eastern rite CCEO 683

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Hello people,

I am a Latin catholic, 24yo, and my parents decided when I was a baby to baptize me in an eastern catholic (greek-melkite) parish. I do now know why they did this. The priest who baptized me is still alive and he told me I was baptized according to the melkite liturgical rites.

I was reading the Eastern Churches Canon Law and I saw canon 683: “Baptism must be celebrated according to the liturgical prescriptions of the Church sui juris in which according to the norms of the law the person to be baptized is to be enrolled.”

Was my baptism still valid?
 
Yes, it was valid, the priest will have used water and a trinitarian formula, we can be sure of that because he is Catholic. Possibly, according to the canon you have cited, it could have been illicit, but definitely valid
 
At most, it means you are not a “Latin kid.” It depends on the rite of your father I think. I recommend you talk to the priest who baptized you.

It may mean your confirmation was invalid, because you were already confirmed as an infant. You were validly confirmed, but not when the Latin kids were.

As long as you are committed to Christ and the Church, the Holy Spirit is with you. Trust in he guidance. The priest gives you.
 
My father and my mother are latin catholics. They were new at the city and probably did not know about rite-issues. The priest knew I was a latin baby so he only baptised me using the melkite liturgical rites as formula. I was not confirmed right after the baptism because the priest knew I was a latin baby.
 
Your baptism was valid. You are a Latin Catholic. Be at peace.

-Fr ACEGC
 
Yahoi said:
Hello people,

I am a Latin catholic, 24yo, and my parents decided when I was a baby to baptize me in an eastern catholic (greek-melkite) parish. I do now know why they did this. The priest who baptized me is still alive and he told me I was baptized according to the melkite liturgical rites.

I was reading the Eastern Churches Canon Law and I saw canon 683: “Baptism must be celebrated according to the liturgical prescriptions of the Church sui juris in which according to the norms of the law the person to be baptized is to be enrolled.”

Was my baptism still valid?
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Some things are for validity and other for liceity.

CCEO
676 In a case of urgent necessity, baptism can be licitly administered by doing only those things which are necessary for validity.
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