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Christening is an important Christian service and is a form of baptism. It is most common in the Catholic and or Anglican Church. Normally it is for baptizing infants and young children. It is a lengthy ceremony and commonly the child being Christened is given a new, Christian name. All this is conducted in the presence of family and friends. While christening is mostly associated with infants or very young children, the Church of England’s belief is that believers can be christened at any age if they have not yet been baptized. The name-giving component can be an important aspect of the ceremony. The names chose are commonly 'Catholic', meaning the names of saints and angels, biblical figures, or Christian feasts and virtues, but this is not mandatory. It is at this time that the children are assigned godparents intended to to help them with their religious faith, but more commonly their life journey. Christening became as issue in the Reformation. Some Protestant denominations too issue with baptism before the age of understanding. Many Protestants denominations believe that baptism should not occur until the individual was old enough to have confessed their sin and repented for them. Once done they commit to following Jesus and want to publicly profess this decision. Of course the denomination most associated with this belief are the aspects. During the European Religious Wars this became a major issue. The Baptists today are one of the most important Protestant denominations.
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