If, as soon as it is born, the child is so ill and weak that it is feared it will die before it can be brought into the church for public baptism, it is permitted for the women to baptize it themselves with the customary words, namely: "I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.
In this case, the following distinction should be diligently noted, namely, that the mother of the child should always have at least two or three women or persons required for such emergency baptism, who can testify that the child has been baptized; as the Holy Scripture teaches us: "In the mouth of two women or three persons, the child is baptized.
or three witnesses shall all things stand," 5 Mof. 19, 15.
Afterwards, however, if the child remains alive, they shall. bring it into the church before the parish priest or chaplain, inform him that the child was baptized by them in distress, and ask that he confirm and confirm their baptism in distress by laying his hands on the child's head, This is not done on the grounds that the baptism performed by the women should be unjust and invalid, for it is the right baptism in itself, but it must also have a public testimony, which is done by the ecclesiastic as reported now.