Conditional sacrament
Type of Christian sacrament / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A conditional sacrament or sacrament sub conditione ("under condition") is in some Christian denominations a sacrament administered "on the condition that the faithful [receiving it is] able and legitimately entitled to receive the sacrament".[1] An example of conditional sacrament is conditional baptism.
Conditional sacraments are practised by the Catholic Church,[2][3] the Eastern Orthodox Church,[4] the Anglican church,[5] the Lutheran church, and the Methodist church.[6]
Conditional sacraments are usually performed when there is doubt the previous sacrament(s) was (were) performed or valid, as receiving some specific sacraments more than once is considered impossible in the Catholic Church[2][7][8][9] and the Eastern Orthodox Church.[4]