[Magdalen] Baptism question

[Charles Wohlers]

What I have seen typically is exactly what Michael describes: full name 
in the bulletin, first (or first + middle) spoken at the actual baptism.

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Chad Wohlers
chadwohl at satucket.com
Woodbury, VT   USA



On 11.04.2019 11:45, Michael Bishop wrote:
> I have always used the Christian names (however many there are) only .
> The surname is not used. For the service booklet I would include in
> the service title the Christian and surname of the child.
> So if it were my baptism then the names used in the booklet title
> would be "Philip Michael Bishop" but I would be baptised simply
> "Philip Michael".
> 
> (I am one of those strange people known by my second Christian name,
> not my first)
> 
> God bless
> 
> .....
> .....
> Michael Bishop
> rev at michaelbishop.name
> 
> On 11/04/2019 4:16 pm, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> I’ve never been asked this question before.
>> When you baptize a young child, do you say the full name at the 
>> beginning or just the first name (and middle, if any)? I know the BCP 
>> only has one N. In the place for the name, but I’ve seen it done a 
>> number of ways. I’m think you don’t use the last name, but just the 
>> first/and middle. I haven’ done a baptism in a number of years, but I 
>> have one coming up on Easter in a church where I’m supplying, and the 
>> person doing the bulletin asked how she should list the name in the 
>> service booklet.