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Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 3,234 Send Message	McB	Report	5 Feb 2005 22:21
	Anyone know what it means to be recieved into church Brian
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 3,234 Send Message	McB	Report	5 Feb 2005 22:33
	Jess I have a birth date & a baptism date then a recieved into church Brian
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 248 Send Message	Wifey	Report	5 Feb 2005 22:35
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 248 Send Message	Hi, I understand it to mean that the child was baptised privately, then received into church at a later date. Paula x
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Gaynor	Report	5 Feb 2005 22:40
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	If the recieved into church date is much later than the baptism date, then it could mean the child was confirmed. Gaynor
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 3,527 Send Message	Christine in Herts	Report	5 Feb 2005 23:46
	If you are baptised in the rites of one denomination but wish to become a member of another (e.g. Roman Catholic to Church of England or v.v.), then you may be Received into that church - no second Baptism because that would be heretical. Christine