What are the requirements of Godparents for Baptism and a Sponsor for Confirmation?
For Baptism, given our monastic (Gk monos = one) appreciation of God (by any name), God-being-one, and our achievement to live out Christ’s prayer (Father, may they all be one, as you and I are one, that they may be one is us. John 17:21), At least one Godparent is necessary. A Godparent is welcome from any tradition. We ask that a Godparent be selected by an adult seeking Baptism or parents for infant who may serve as role model for their Godchild. What are the criteria for modeling? Christ had only two (2) commandments: Love God, Love neighbor.(Matt. 22:37-39) We suggest that a Godparent evidence in his or her own life a love of God – as God Is (and not necessarily believed in per se), and love of neighbor remembering St.Paul’s description of Love: Love is patient, love is kind. (One might refer to Loving God and Neighbor by Archbishop James of Novgorod.) For Confirmation, given above remarks concerning a Godparent, we suggest that a Confirmation Sponsor evidence the Wisdom of Compas
