Pope Benedict changed phrase in Baptism ceremony [CWN]

[YoungTradCath]

Does this mean the changes to the wording only apply when infants are baptised? Or will the new wording also be used when adults are baptised? Does anyone know?

I recall that in the Latin document several formulae are changed, so I am pretty sure this will apply to all scenarios in the Ordo.

 

[LegoGE1947]

I think it is an excellent change. It emphasizes the distinction that baptism is not a simple initiation ceremony for a social club, an amorphous “Christian community”. It is an indelible mark on the soul that welcomes the baptized into the Church of God, the people called together (ekklesia) by Christ for one purpose. It is far from being exclusive. It acknowledges the truth of the sacrament and heightens the mystery we enter into.

I thought The Church of God was a Protestant denomination.

 

[jackxowen]

Lots of people dying painful deaths never know love. Good thing the language of the Baptism was changed.