What’s the difference with Godparents ?

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Sooooo what’s the difference between “Baptism Godparents” and “Representation Godparents” My husband and I both have one godson. But recently a few years ago my husband was asked to be godfather of our nephew but NOT for Baptism it’s called when you present them to the church 
I hope that’s how it’s called. Well I do give our godson stuff here and there but I sometimes forget about my husband godson. Idk if it’s because he has his own Godparents already from his baptism and my husband was just godfather for presentation. Do I have to give him gifts and stuff just like the one we Baptized. 
Idk I just feel like you’re real real Godparents are the ones who baptized you, you know? not the ones who represent you? I think 
Can someone explain or correct me. 
Are you a Godparent of Representation? If so how does that work?

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That sounds confusing. My aunt is my godmother and she just played the role of being my religious guide. Not sure what a godparent of representation would be. Never heard of it before

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If they are baptized  as an infant-  I believe all religions other than Catholic is a presenting them to the church so that's  technically a representation  godparent  which I've  never in a million years have heard that.  Catholics are baptism Godparents.......  or if they use the water to baptize  it's a baptism godparent.  (I've gone to non- denom ceremonies)

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I don’t go to church but my son has a godfather and godmother. They are the two people we choose to take care of our son if something happens to both of us.  They get him gifts but they are also his aunt and uncle.

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I mean, does it really matter in the end? The goal of a godparent is to help guide the child in their spirituality. I'm sure they have the same roles for the most part.

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I'm not religious at all and have never had a godparent. I only know of one person whom I went to school with who had godparents. My boyfriend is a traditional Catholic and he also has godparents. Whenever we decided to have kids he wants them to have godparents. We've talked about it a few times but not much. I always had assumed that a godparent was someone close to the child such as family or a family friend. That the person also is always there for the child and if something ever happens to the children's parents then the child goes to the godparent. 🤷‍♀️

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A Catholic godparent is a baptismal one and is meant to watch out for the child's faith if the faith of the parents is lacking, and also to provide moral and emotional support for the child. A representational godparent is a nonreligious position, basically a way for the parents to honor a close friend and allow that friend to provide support for their child.

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No clue. I googled and am even more confused now than I was initially. Some of these rules are so extra. Seriously, who thought making so many stipulations over who gets to stand over a baby while they're dunked in water was a good idea?

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The concept of a “godparent” is a confusing one to me. My dads family is Catholic and his mom made her hairdresser his godmother lol. They weren’t even really close and my dad never saw her. My moms side of the family used the term godmother/godfather to basically say who would have custody of us if they both were to pass before we reached 18. Which doesn’t make sense because they actually had that in the will and it was different so ??????????!!!!! I don’t understand godparents and when I googled godparent of representation, nothing came up.

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It might be a difference of religions? I’m a “godparent” to a catholic child but I’m not catholic so technically to the church I’m a “Christian witness” not a “godparent.” He has one catholic “godparent” who does count as a godparent in the eyes of the Catholic Church.

What’s the difference with Godparents ?

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