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"Children cannot be disciples, so they cannot be Christians either."
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Michele Dominique- 11A1 9/10/03 RS Coursework Discipleship AO3 "Children cannot be disciples, so they cannot be Christians either." All Christians, this means the young as well as the elderly, began their faith through baptism. This is the first stage of becoming a true Christian disciple. The next two are taking the Eucharist and finally the Confirmation of being entered into the Kingdom of God. As soon as a Child is baptised by the Priest, I believe s/he has become a disciple, not fully obviously but definitely on the way of completing the three stages of becoming one. Therefore I disagree with the original statement. When it is said that children cannot be disciples, they can however, be Christians. The statement is both false and confusing. Like I mentioned above, when a child has been baptised, the moment the Priest has anointed it, s/he has automatically started being a Christian. This means Faith has been given to...
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