Re: [Gramps-users] "Christening" / "Baptism"

[Peter K. <pj...@gm...>]

>> Confirmation would correspond with Baptism in many other traditions.
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> Really?  Without water, there's no Baptism.  I've never hear of
> Confirmation being equivalent to, or a substitute for Baptism.

I do not think confirmation can be said to "correspond with Baptism"
except that the typical age at which people are confirmed in one
religion, and baptised in another, may be similar.

The OED defines confirmation as "A rite administered to baptized
persons in various Christian Churches; formerly called ‘bishoping’."
i.e. you have to be baptised before you can be confirmed.

Peter