roman catechism allows for baptized Christians to baptize others in time of an emergency (like nearing death in this case)
Naturally it was an internal Italian matter but I'm still puzzled why the pope would acknowledge the validity of an infant baptism performed by a serving wench with no say in the child's education
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um i'm pretty sure that only allows an extraordinary officiant, it doesn't make someone ordinarily ineligible for baptism eligible
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I’m not sure why it wouldn’t if someone’s close to death
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because what is extraordinary about such a case is only that no ordained officiant is available; what qualifies the person being baptized is the same
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because those things don't have any bearing on validity
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afaik papist policy is to refuse baptism to any child whose family refuses to raise it in the roman catholic church
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probably wasn't clear, there is policy and canon law and then there is sacraments/validity which are related but distinct questions
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you're right, if the Mortaras had asked for baptism for the son without intending to raise him Catholic, they would have been refused, but that wasn't what happened
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