Baptism Terms

1. A person eligable for a sacrament
6. Ceremonial act of washing parts of the body or sacred containers
7. Jewish ritual bath used for purification
9. instruction and formation of the catechumens refers to the catechumens collectively as a group and their position with respect to the Church
14. Participate in the pre-catechumenate of a parish inquiring into Christianity in the catholic tradition
15. One who was initiated at the Easter Vigil. Greek word means "new plant"

2. Baptism by pouring water over the head of the person
3. can preform a baptism in emergency situations
4. Vigil RCIA canidates are baptized on ______ _____
5. People who have gone through RCIA and decided they want to be initiated
8. whole person is submerged in water to be baptized
10. the age a person can understand, and comprehend what they are taught, and can make decisions based on this
11. Final stage in RCIA program. Happens from Easter to Pentecost. Some consider it the first year of their initiation. Designed to help a newly initiated person to support them in the early stages of being a Catholic
12. Old belief in the Catholic Church that an unbaptized person goes here for eternity, if they haven't been baptized
13. a ________ preforms a baptism regularly