Vatican: It is impossible to cancel the record of baptism

Alessandro de Carolis – Vatican City

You can leave the church if you want. What cannot be done is to cancel the record of baptism, because for the church, the reception of this secret is “the truth of what must be referred to immediately, given that all other secrets descend from baptism, and therefore, it is necessary to verify the dangers,” except for “the” sarma “, except for the right.”

Objective evidence of the truth

The illustrations that were signed on April 7 by those responsible for the Dicastery of the legislative texts, entering Monsignor Filippo iannone and Monsignor Juan Ignacio Arrieta, today, April 17, to clarify the case. Canon Law, we read at the beginning of the document, “It is not allowed to amend or cancel the inscriptions made in the record of baptism, except for correcting possible copies errors.” The purpose of registration, is required, is to “give certainty about some actions, which allows to verify its effective existence”, so “the objective confirmation of the actions of secrets, or related to secrets, which the Church historically made.”

Baptism, and the reception of certainty

Note indicates the commitment of the Diocese of maintaining registration and protecting it with the explanation of secrets such as baptism, which is also a condition for others: affirmation, priestly system, celebration of marriage, religious profession, changing rituals and adoption. Therefore, it is claimed that creating the correct reception of these secrets requires certainty about receiving baptism. In this sense, the custody of the parish records indicates observation, and contributes to the good administrative system, for theological reasons, but also, to be emphasized, on legal certainty and possible protection for the rights of the person concerned and third parties.

There are no limits for personal freedom

Although Al -Kennsi 535 of the Code of Ecclesiastical Law “does not explicitly create”, from the commitment that “registration is determined and the issuance of certificates in verbs, can undoubtedly be concluded,” the Vatican memo is repeated, the “absolute ban” of interference in the general record. Which, on the other hand, is not a “list of organs”, but rather the only result of “ecclesiastical historical truth”, “you do not intend – that it confirms the observation – to prove the religious faith of individuals or the fact that the subject of what is a member of the Church.” This is because, it was also said, “The secrets received and the registration that was made does not limit the free will of these faithful Christians who decided, by virtue of this, to leave the church.”

Leakage

Finally, the legislative text document continues, the call must be added to the baptism record “The act of the official defection of the Catholic Church” That is, “when a person indicates that he wants to leave the Catholic Church.” Therefore, “although the data contained in the ecclesiastical records cannot be canceled, given the purpose of their own interest and with all concerned topics, for the simple demand for the interested party, it is allowed to add aspects of their will in this regard within the scope of a contradiction session.”

You can’t baptize a person who is already intentional.

Note recalls that “the state of baptism” is an “objective element” and that “it cannot be baptized who is already intentionally”, because this will be “simply null” from the narrative. For example, we quote from Canon 869 that, it does not represent the “baptism management hypothesis at all”, allows the minister to transfer “baptism Under this case In cases where it is “uncertain” if it is a subject – generally a child “he has received or not. In these cases, he writes the memo,” There is no new administration of baptism, because the minister sets a condition for the effectiveness of his actions the fact that the baptism is not willing to manage if the issue has already been modified. “

Secret witnesses

Finally, the demand emphasizes that in the celebration of baptism, “as in other secrets that cannot be broadcast, the presence of witnesses” can “certainty of the event that happened” and must be recorded in the minutes. In addition, the note concludes that “the witness cannot replace registration, because it is only the component of certainty for those who must register.”