[HPforGrownups] Re: Magical Latin
No Limberger
no.limberger at gmail.com
Wed Apr 1 01:45:15 UTC 2009
No: HPFGUIDX 186129
>BAW responded:
>When was Harry baptized? We don't know exactly, but we know that
>Sirius was his godfather. That's what a godfather is--someone who
>makes the baptismal vows for a child too young to make them for
>him/herself and promises to see to it that the child is brought
>up in the Christian faith and life.
No.Limberger responds:
The term "godfather" can refer to any guardian of a child; it neither
implies that a religious ritual was performed nor that the purpose
of the guardianship is purely religious in nature. Given that JK Rowling
never mentions that Harry Potter was ever baptized in any of the seven
books,
assuming that he was (based upon Sirius Black being his godfather) is
a presumption based upon personal preference over the meaning of the
term "godfather".
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