What is Confirmation? (Old Version ) (Introduction to Season Two)

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This season, we’re covering confirmation and answering three big questions about the faith. This season will be a part of our Spring 2022 (and future!) confirmation class; but it is also for you, dear listeners! In our faith, we’re always called back to the basics even as our understanding grows deeper. We hope this season will deepen your faith as well!

Instead of a collect, we’ll start each episode with a prayer or quote from the historical church. We’ll also have more in-depth show notes available on our website, as well as resources for further reading and reference we make!

Episode page: https://www.stjohnslynchburg.org/confirmation 

Show notes:

1. The prayer for today is from the confirmation rite in the 1552 Book of Common Prayer. Fr. Ben transliterated it into contemporary English (Rite II language). 

2. Our catechism is a very helpful guide to the Christian faith and required reading for confirmation! Find it online here or in the Book of Common Prayer 1979 beginning on page 845.

3. The word confirmation means “saying yes to something I already said yes too.” In the church, Confirmation refers to committing ourselves to Christ.

4. Book of Common Prayer talks about Confirmation on page 860

5. Emergency Baptism is in the Book of Common Prayer, p. 313

6. The full Baptismal and confirmation rite begins on page 299 of the BCP, with the portion specific to confirmation on p. 309. Confirmation is built into the Baptismal rite and is an echo, a mature confession of our Baptismal promises. 

7. Acts 8 tells the story of Peter and John laying hands on those who had been baptized, and giving them the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

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