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 CHq.. II.] B,,m 200 however, the leos doubthL 3. If a child thus  with clonbful matter afterward survives, it is to be alterward rebaptized conditionally in certain matter. 4. But to use matter certainly insufficient (as wine, oil, 81;c.) is useless and unlawful, whatever necessity' urges. "e The same author, in the same No., observes, from the oman ritual, that baptism, in order not only to be valid, but also lawful, should be admini8tered as follows: "1. Water ought to be used from the bap- tismal font, and this obligation is certainly of great weight in solemn baptism. 2. Braunmv-n says the same respecting baptism administered privately; whence a minister called to bTr in a case of equal ne- cessity ought tO bring a flask of water the sacred font, or he should cammlind it to be brought. 3. A case of urgent necessity is to be excepted, or when baptism is to be administered by a midwife, 8r, c. 4. Water of the sacred font ought to be preserved clean, so as not to be mixed with too much chrism, or tinged in any rnnuer: hence a child infected with a contagious disease ought not to be baptized over the font, bur to one side of it, by water taken from the font. �f the water of the font is frozen, or too cold, it rny be warmed by the hands, or mixed, though in small quantity, with warm common water. If the water of the sacred font be so diminished that a scarcity is feared, other common water may be mixed with it, but iu a less quantity. If it be corrupt, or is deficient in any manner, new water may be (r/t) ua/ly, poured in and blessed." 4. The p,'ox/m matt' of baptism is the application of the remote manet, or it is the act of ablution of the body. This may be done by ,nmterson, atnmlding, or pour/nS', according to the doctrine of the church, and each way is considered valid baptism. But, as a mater of discipline, sprinkling, or rather pouring, is now generally used in the Roman Church. They use, however, a tr/ne or threefold sffusion, pronouncing on the first the name of the Father, at the second the nme of the Son, and at the third the name of the Holy Ghost. 5. In the use of doubtful matter, as well as the quantity of water used, and the part of the body with which the water must come in contact, and the baptism of unborn infants, their divines have delivered various curious doctr and p,'act/e. ea, some of which may be noticed here. The following are some of their distinctions: 1. He sins mor- tally who in solemn baptism uses any other than. blessed water from the amd font. 2. He sins mortally who, when he can obtain valid, employs other manet, at his own option; because, without urgent ne- cessity, he risks the salvation of an infant. 3. He commits the mortal sin of sacrilege who uses impure or turbid water without great neceo- airy. 4. Bvt in case of necessity a person is bound to use doubtful wmer, in order to prevent the eternal damnation of another. 5. "In ce of necessity, when water cannot be poured or ablution cannot be made on the head, or any other principal part of the body, then the in- fant can and ought to be washed or baptized by any even the least part �o the body; also on its hair, nails, after-birth, navel; also pour water on the body of the infant, or in any other possible nmauer the body of the dying infant could be touched or washed with two drops
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 * De Jbp., No. 4, vol v, p. 167.

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