...gracious goodness towards them." The 6oth Canon clearly defines the ordinance thus : " It hath been a custom in the Church of God, continued from the apostles'...religion, praying over them and blessing them ; which rite is commonly called Confirmation." The strong objections once raised against Confirmation are now...

...every third year. The 60th canon is as follows : — " Forasmuch as it hath been a solemn, ancient, and laudable custom in the Church of God, continued from...children baptized and instructed in the Catechism of Christian religion, praying over them, and blessing them, which we commonly call confirmation; and...

...— Was the rite observed in the primitive Church ? A. — Yes ; " It has been a solemn, ancient, and laudable custom in the Church of God, continued from the Apostles' times, that the Bishops should lay their hands upon children, baptized and instructed in the Catechism of the Christian...

...Canon of our Church, which I will quote entire. " Forasmuch as it hath beea a solemn, ancient, and laudable custom in the Church of God, continued from...children baptized and instructed in the catechism of Christian religion, praying over them, and blessing them, which we commonly call Confirmation, and...

...shall be brought to the bishop." By Can. 60 of 16U3, " Forasmuch as it hath been a solemn, ancient, and laudable custom in the church of God, continued from...children baptized and instructed in the catechism of Christian religion, praying over them, and blessing them, •which we commonly call confirmation ;...

...hath been a solemn, ancient, and laudable custom in the Church of God, continued from the apostles'1 times, that all bishops should lay their hands upon...catechism of the Christian religion, praying over and blessing them, which we commonly call Confirmation.'' The account of the apostles S. Peter and...

...Creeds, p. 241. We can hardly regard, to use the language of the sixtieth canon, " a solemn, ancient, and laudable custom in the Church of God, continued from the Apostles' times," a rite inaugurated under the sanction of a manifestation of the Paraclete, a channel of distinctive...

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...proves, in accordance with the statement of the Canons of 1604, that "it hath been a solemn, ancient, and laudable custom in the Church of GOD, continued from...that all Bishops should lay their hands upon children baptised." Each text, relating to Confirmation, is treated in the same sound and scholarly manner as...