January 10, 2012 – Catechism 1246-1256

I am not interested in having another discussion on infant Baptism. I think that has been covered. It may not be literally word for word in the Bible, but it can be implied and it is accepted in the very earliest of Church writings from the 2^nd and 3^rd centuries.

I am more interested in the RCIA program. This is the program that adults use when they are being brought into the church. I was wondering why they are not Baptized at the beginning of the class. It is my understanding, and I could be wrong, that they receive all the Sacraments of initiation at the Easter Vigil, at the end of their education. Why wouldn’t they receive Baptism at the beginning. If it is viewed as the entrance into the faith and the doorway that one walks through in beginning their journey, it seems appropriate to do this from the start. The paragraphs talk about how we are suppose to continue to grow after Baptism, and that is what the classes are about. It just seems that Baptism, if infants receive it and start their journey, should be given to those that want to enter the Church at the beginning of their journey.