Views During the Third Period (750-1517 A.D.) (49): The Seven Sacraments: Confirmation

Confirmation, or a service attending the introduction of those baptized in infancy into full communion in the Church, was instituted early and continued for a long time among Protestants as well as among the Romanists. In fact, the word "Confirmation" had lately also come into existence among our churches recently. Those who had been baptized in their infancy had their standing then in the Church on the ground of the profession of faith and the engagements which had been made in their name, by...