Quickest Valid Baptism

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Which Church is noted for the quickest Baptisms that are recognized by the Roman Catholic Church?
 
An odd question.

Most main-line Protestant baptisms are acceptable.
So long as water is used and the Trinitarian formula (I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit), then there should not be an issue.

Not sure what/why you are asking about the “quickest”.
 
I’ve heard of people searching for the speediest Masses, but Baptisms?
 
Try being baptised in your local diocesan parish priest, absolutely Catholic.
 
Do you mean “quickest” in regards to the time taken to do the baptism itself or “quickest” in terms of the shortest duration from asking to be baptized until the baptism is completed?

To put it another way are you asking which denomination would be willing to baptize someone at the soonest possible time? I can’t really think you are talking about some type of speed sacrament competition with an auctioneer speaking the formula and someone timing it with a stopwatch,
 
If you’re talking about speed of ceremony, my own church is pretty quick. Baptisms are performed as part of a few select masses over the course of the year. My daughter will be baptized as part of our church’s 8 am mass (which happens to be the shortest duration since it’s all spoken). They’ll simply have a slight detour from the typical mass where we’ll walk to the back of the church and the baptism will be performed after the gospel but before the Eucharist.

As for lead up training it depends. If you’re an adult they’d want you to go through formation. If you’re baptizing your child, then typically formation classes aren’t required if you’re a regular attendee Episcopalian, or if you recently went through formation yourself for baptism, confirmation, reception, reaffirmation…

I mean for my daughter the process has been fairly straightforward. Email the priest, she offered us a few dates, we chose one, and my daughter will be baptized in August during a regular service I’d have been at regardless. Took all of 5 minutes to arrange limited only by my speed at typing in the required fields on the request form.
 
Thanks to everyone replying and it’s my fault that I wasn’t clear on the framing of the question. What I meant was the quickest PATH to a valid (Catholic) adult Baptism.

Normally one would have to take an RCIA class, or something similar, and that takes many months, or longer. So, which Church can give valid Baptisms for adults where the prepatory classes typically take the shortest amount of time?

That’s what I meant. Sorry for the confusion.
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Which Church is noted for the quickest Baptisms that are recognized by the Roman Catholic Church?
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I think to narrow it down, where are you? For instance, my RCIA classes took 7 months, but if you’re nowhere near northeastern Illinois that won’t help you much. From what I understand you won’t find a full RCIA class that doesn’t take months.

With speed baptisms, I got the funniest image in my head, collared priest standing next to a guy in a white robe.
“IblessyouinthenameoftheFatherandtheSonandtheHolySpirit”
Dumps pitcher of water over the guy’s head.
 
I would advise you to be patient, go to church a lot, pray a lot and enjoy the journey. In the early Church the catechumenate was a three year process, so 7 months really isn’t so bad. If your parish follows the typical process you’ll be received into the Church at Easter and depending on when Easter is next year will determine when the classes start. Again, be patient. The Church has the process in place for a reason. You have to make sure you are really prepared to take on the responsibilities that being Catholic entails. In the Orthodox Church it is believed that the priest will have to answer to God for every person they received into the Church. Once you are received there’s no going back.Trust me, if you go through the process when you are finally received at Easter it will be one of the greatest experiences of your entire life.
 
How right you were here. Well, I’m finally baptized (Easter Vigil 2017) and the RCIA classes were as important as you mentioned. I’m fully participating in the Sacraments and go to Mass several times each week, appreciating it more each time. When I do I’m truly set for my day. Thanks to all who replied!
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I would advise you to be patient, go to church a lot, pray a lot and enjoy the journey. In the early Church the catechumenate was a three year process, so 7 months really isn’t so bad. If your parish follows the typical process you’ll be received into the Church at Easter and depending on when Easter is next year will determine when the classes start. Again, be patient. The Church has the process in place for a reason. You have to make sure you are really prepared to take on the responsibilities that being Catholic entails. In the Orthodox Church it is believed that the priest will have to answer to God for every person they received into the Church. Once you are received there’s no going back.Trust me, if you go through the process when you are finally received at Easter it will be one of the greatest experiences of your entire life.
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