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In faiths that baptize babies, is a child expected to profess a 'personal' acceptance later, after he/she is much older, followed by a baptism by 'choice?' When is the child/young adult/adult responsible for a personal profession? Or, does the baptism as a baby 'hold for life,' regardless of what they may do in life? Surely there is a point where they are expected to break from the cleanse and move into a personal responsibility phase.


One baptism is enough, Gims. However, the "choice" is encountered through the Rite of Confirmation where an individual who went through infant baptism can elect later, if he so chooses, for a perfection of the Rite of Initiation into the Catholic Church, or not. From childhood until the age of reason, the education of the child is the responsibility of the parent and Godparents with regards to foundation and Christian formation. The Sacrament of Confirmation imprints a character where the baptised person is bound more intimately with the Church and is elected by personal faith. As it is conferred at the age of discretion, the personal responsibility is assumed at that time. So, one who has been through baptism as an infant, Confirmation is the sole decision of the Confirmandi.
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