Christening scarf

Christening scarf for adult baptism ( Karmel Regina Martyrum , Berlin 2008)

A baptismal scarf is a white piece of clothing that a baptized person is dressed in after baptism . The putting on of a white robe is one of the interpretive rites in the act of baptism and has been attested since the 4th century AD. The biblical word for this symbol is Gal 3:27 LUT .

As an alternative to the baptismal robe , the baptismal scarf is recommended both in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Protestant regional churches . The classic christening gown is clothing for young children, while today people of different ages are baptized. The christening scarf combines two advantages:

it makes it easier to dress after baptism and thus the continuation of the old church tradition;
it is independent of the age or body size and can therefore be passed on to later baptized persons like the baptismal robe.

According to Klemens Richter , the white scarf has the potential to become a basic liturgical garment for all worshipers, which expresses their ability to act liturgically resulting from baptism, "because the personality is not completely covered up, but taken into service." Christian liturgical garment is comparable to the tallit in Judaism.

On the Katholikentag in Dresden 1996 the participants of the Ecumenical Baptism Memorial wore white scarves. In 2011, an ecumenical working group in the Michaeliskloster Hildesheim developed the liturgy for an ecumenical divine service with several Protestant and Roman Catholic baptisms and a baptismal remembrance. The scarf is used as a "new white dress". Such a scarf is wrapped around everyone who is baptized with the words: “I'll put the white scarf on you. It is a sign that you were created anew in baptism and that you put on Christ as the scriptures say. Preserve this dignity for a lifetime to eternal life. "

literature

German Liturgical Institute Trier: God's people - newly dressed . One try. Trier 1994.
Church office of the EKD, divine service department of the UEK and the VELKD: Baptism. Draft for testing. Hanover 2018. ( online )
Bettina Seyderhelm: The clothing of the baptized . In: Bettina Seyderhelm (Ed.): A thousand years of baptisms in Central Germany , Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-7954-1893-9 . Pp. 208-221.

Individual evidence

↑ Bettina Seyderhelm: The clothing of the baptized . S. 208 .
↑ The Celebration of Adult Inclusion in the Church. Basic form, Trier 201. No. 263. The Liturgical Institutes of Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland, p. 157 , accessed on October 21, 2018 : "A woman can also wear a white veil."
↑ Baptism scarves for adult baptisms. In: Archdiocese of Paderborn. Retrieved October 21, 2018 : “For every adult to be baptized, the congregation can receive a baptismal scarf. Since it is to be given to the newly baptized, the Archdiocese provides it free of charge. For the baptism of older children, the Sacraments Pastoral Unit also offers baptismal scarves (which are slightly narrower than the adult scarves). The delivery takes place at cost price ... "
↑ Church Office of the EKD (ed.): The baptism. Draft for testing . S. 95.104.158 (In contrast, a "baptismal robe (T-shirt)" is suggested for baptisms during the confirmation period: p. 188.).
↑ Bettina Seyderhelm: The clothing of the baptized . S. 218 .
↑ christening of children. In: worship. Journal of the Liturgical Institutes of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Herder, accessed October 21, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b Klemens Richter: Church rooms and church dreams. The importance of the church interior for a living community. In: University of Münster, seminar for liturgical science. 1998, p. 91 , accessed on October 22, 2018 .
↑ Ecumenical service with Protestant and Roman Catholic baptism and baptism remembrance. In: Ecumenical Accents 2011. Information and Orientation. Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover, pp. 34–35 , accessed on October 21, 2018 .

[1] Bettina Seyderhelm: The clothing of the baptized . S. 208 .

[2] The Celebration of Adult Inclusion in the Church. Basic form, Trier 201. No. 263. The Liturgical Institutes of Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland, p. 157 , accessed on October 21, 2018 : "A woman can also wear a white veil."

[3] Baptism scarves for adult baptisms. In: Archdiocese of Paderborn. Retrieved October 21, 2018 : “For every adult to be baptized, the congregation can receive a baptismal scarf. Since it is to be given to the newly baptized, the Archdiocese provides it free of charge. For the baptism of older children, the Sacraments Pastoral Unit also offers baptismal scarves (which are slightly narrower than the adult scarves). The delivery takes place at cost price ... "

[4] Church Office of the EKD (ed.): The baptism. Draft for testing . S. 95.104.158 (In contrast, a "baptismal robe (T-shirt)" is suggested for baptisms during the confirmation period: p. 188.).

[5] Bettina Seyderhelm: The clothing of the baptized . S. 218 .

[6] ristening of children. In: worship. Journal of the Liturgical Institutes of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Herder, accessed October 21, 2018 .

[:0-7] Klemens Richter: Church rooms and church dreams. The importance of the church interior for a living community. In: University of Münster, seminar for liturgical science. 1998, p. 91 , accessed on October 22, 2018 .

[8] Ecumenical service with Protestant and Roman Catholic baptism and baptism remembrance. In: Ecumenical Accents 2011. Information and Orientation. Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover, pp. 34–35 , accessed on October 21, 2018 .