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THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 193
The view here presented is that, although Confirmation is in many important respects an independent rite,
there is connected with its administration, in the Protestant Episcopal Church, an assumption of the previous
baptismal obligation and act, in such a way that the rite
is, so far at least as regards Infant Baptism, the regular
sequel or complement of it. We are looking at the rite
just as it is in fact, as it exists in the ritual of the Church.
We ask the reader to examine the order of Confirmation
as printed just now in a note ; and he will perceive that
the view here presented—this peculiar relation of Confirmation to Infant Baptism—is altogether the most
prominent in its administration.
It appears to us that, in the view presented, we see
one of the comprehensive arrangements of the Protestant Episcopal Church—its capability to unite the opposing denominations of Christians. We think, then,
that we shall have the attention and the approval of
our intelligent and candid readers, while we endeavor
to show very succinctly the bearing of our statements
upon that subject.
The non-Episcopalians in our country are all in two
classes—Pedobaptists and Baptists; and very few of
them practise the rite of Confirmation.
present the child, and, in its name, make the confession (which was before omitted for the reasons given) required in public Baptism, since now
there is an expectation that the child may live to assume it. In other
words, so soon as the child recovers from its dangerous sickness, the
whole service of public Baptism must be performed with it, excepting
the act of immersion or affusion by water, which was before done, and
which is now certified. Thus, in all its offices, the Protestant Episcopal
Church never neglects to provide for what is considered necessary to the
completeness of Baptism—the public confession of Christ by the person
baptized.
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000197 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 193 The view here presented is that, although Confirmation is in many important respects an independent rite, there is connected with its administration, in the Protestant Episcopal Church, an assumption of the previous baptismal obligation and act, in such a way that the rite is, so far at least as regards Infant Baptism, the regular sequel or complement of it. We are looking at the rite just as it is in fact, as it exists in the ritual of the Church. We ask the reader to examine the order of Confirmation as printed just now in a note ; and he will perceive that the view here presented—this peculiar relation of Confirmation to Infant Baptism—is altogether the most prominent in its administration. It appears to us that, in the view presented, we see one of the comprehensive arrangements of the Protestant Episcopal Church—its capability to unite the opposing denominations of Christians. We think, then, that we shall have the attention and the approval of our intelligent and candid readers, while we endeavor to show very succinctly the bearing of our statements upon that subject. The non-Episcopalians in our country are all in two classes—Pedobaptists and Baptists; and very few of them practise the rite of Confirmation. present the child, and, in its name, make the confession (which was before omitted for the reasons given) required in public Baptism, since now there is an expectation that the child may live to assume it. In other words, so soon as the child recovers from its dangerous sickness, the whole service of public Baptism must be performed with it, excepting the act of immersion or affusion by water, which was before done, and which is now certified. Thus, in all its offices, the Protestant Episcopal Church never neglects to provide for what is considered necessary to the completeness of Baptism—the public confession of Christ by the person baptized. |
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