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Confirmation

Church ceremony where baptism is confirmed in several Christian denominations

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  • The confirmation ceremony for a group of boys; one of them confuses confirmation with vaccination. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1831.
  • The confirmation ceremony for a group of boys; one of them confuses confirmation with vaccination. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1831.
  • The confirmation ceremony for a group of boys; one of them confuses confirmation with vaccination. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1831.

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    The confirmation ceremony for a group of boys; one of them confuses confirmation with vaccination. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt, 1831.

    George Hunt | Date: 1 January 1831 | Reference: 11806i
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    A practical exposition on the offices of baptism and confirmation and on the communion service of the Church of England, as prescribed by the Book of Common Prayer. Being the substance of eight sermons, preached at the Chapel at Highgate in Middlesex. To which are annexed Prayers and Devotions Suitable to those Subjects. By Edward Yardley, B. D. Archdeacon of Cardigan.

    Yardley, Edward, 1698-1769. | Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]
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    A sermon on confirmation . Number IX. of tracts published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Practice in the kingdom of Ireland.

    Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768. | Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

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