Catholics will see anything that can talk as a baptizable person.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Catholics are depicted as seeing personhood in anything that can talk. This suggests an inclusive or perhaps uncritical view of baptism.
- In plain terms
- Catholics will baptize anything that can talk as a person.
- What can you take from it?
- Personhood may be granted based on communication ability.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes something a person?
- How does faith change definitions?
Another view
Not all traditions agree that speech equals personhood.
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