Towards a New Theology of Confirmation From: Anglican Theological Review | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Tanner, Kathryn | Copyright Anglican Theological Review, Inc. Winter 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Confirmation is more than a simple first reaffirmation of baptismal vows. In confirmation one assumes responsibility for carrying out what one committed oneself to do at baptism-serve God with one's whole heart, mind, and soul. Like the eucharist, confirmation is a distinctive rite of strengthening and nurture, to sustain us in the difficult task of leading the Christoform life to which our baptism has called us. The Spirit is invoked here, not so much to make us God's own as in baptism, but ...

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