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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The person who promises to help you raise the baptized infant in the Christian faith is called the ____
A
parent
B
sponsor
C
god parent
D
priest
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In both religious and civil views, a godparent tends to be an individual chosen by the parents to take an interest in the child’s upbringing and personal development, to offer mentorship or claim legal guardianship of the child if anything should happen to the parents.

Detailed explanation-2: -We all come to offer support to the child’s upbringing in the Christian faith. However, the Church insists that at least one godparent who is Catholic be named whose primary role is to help the parents in bringing up the child in the Christian faith. (Code of Canon Law 874.1) Godparents are the guarantors of the faith.

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