What we now call confirmation was originally part of a wider ceremony of Christian initiation
and only became a separate rite when bishops were no longer able to preside at all baptisms.
As a separate rite, confirmation marks the point in the Christian journey at which the
participation in the life of God’s people inaugurated at baptism is confirmed by the bishop by
the laying on of hands, and in which those who have been baptised affirm for themselves the
faith into which they have been baptised and their intention to live a life of responsible and
committed discipleship. Through prayer and the laying on of hands by the confirming bishop,
the Church also asks God to give them power through the Holy Spirit to enable them to live in
this way.
| For information on Confirmation please contact the Vicar. The Revd Canon Tricia Impey Telephone: Sheffield (0114) 257 0002 E-mail me: |
| Confirmation We welcome all who are baptised to share in the bread and the wine. |
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