Are you not familiar with the Christian tradition of having godparents participate in a child's baptism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godparent https://en.wiki

Are you not familiar with the Christian tradition of having godparents participate in a child's baptism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godparent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godparent It's a way to say that although they didn't make the breakthrough (like biological parents) they were still involved spiritually (like godparents).