Christians in HP - in a purely historical way(was:Re: Christianity in HP)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 128481

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:

Betsy:
 
> As per canon we know that Harry, his parents and Sirius Black are 
> Christians. (I'm not arguing a deep religous faith here - just a 
> statistical background.)  Harry was christened, by his parents, and 
> Sirius became his godfather (I believe most churches prefer the 
> godparents to be the same religion as the child).  Sirius was also 
> singing a *very* Christian Christmas carol in OotP, one the choir 
> was not allowed to sing at my very secular public school in NYC.  
> True, he mixed the words up, and God rest ye merry gentleman became 
> God rest ye merry Hippogriffs, but the fact he knew the carol and 
> enjoyed singing it suggests that he's been raised a Christian. 

Geoff:
Thanks for that post which was very thought-provoking.

Re Harry's background, I would go so far as to suggest that it was 
Anglican (Church of England). I somehow doubt that they were Catholic.

Godparents are most unusual outside that denomination. Few if any of 
the Nonconformist churches have kept up the idea of godparents. In 
the Baptist church, for example, it is normal for the parents to 
bring the child for dedication and the church collectively vows to 
support the parents in the upbringing of the infant and to try to 
help as he or she grows up.