Vatican website translation:
66. Both the rites for the baptism of adults are to be revised: not only the simpler rite, but also the more solemn one, which must take into account the restored catechumenate. A special Mass “for the conferring of baptism” is to be inserted into the Roman Missal.
Latin text:
66. Uterque ritus baptizandi adultos, tum simplicior, tum, ratione habita catechumenatus instaurati, solemnior, recognoscatur; et Missali romano Missa propria “In collatione Baptismi” inseratur.
Slavishly literal translation:
66. Both rites of baptizing adults, whether the more simple or the more solemn, held [to be] so by reason of the restored catechumenate, are to be revised; and into the Roman Missal a proper Mass “On the Occasion of Baptism” is to be inserted.
Because various elements of the liturgical celebrations marking the catechumenate (such as exorcisms/scrutinies, anointings, the ephphetha ceremony, etc.) had been inserted into the rites of adult Baptism, the Council Fathers directed that both the simple and the solemn rites of adult Baptism had to be revised in order to take into account what belonged to the essence of the baptismal rites proper. Foreseeing that there might be occasions when an unbaptized adult might receive baptism outside of the Easter Vigil, the Council Fathers also direct that the intimate connection between baptism and eucharist be maintained by the creation and insertion of a special ritual Mass “On the Occasion of Baptism” into the Roman Missal.
Pray Tell readers might want to discuss their experience over the last fifty years of adult baptisms whose candidates have not experienced the rites of the catechumenate and/or have been baptized apart from the Easter Vigil. What issues have arisen that might call for further development in this area?
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