CHAPTER XVIII

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THE APOSTLES AND CONFIRMATION.

Apostolic Mission to Samaria--Development of Church--Position of St. Peter--False Decretals-- Confirmation, Origin of--New Testament is not an Exhaustive Manual of Rites and Ceremonies--Tertullian on Standing at Prayer--Conservative Character of Church Ritual--Illustrated by Cases of Dean Hook, J. H. Newman, Tate and Brady, and the Plymouth Brethren--Apostolic Example Perpetuated in Second Century Practice--And in Case of Confirmation--Calvin on its Apostolic Origin 369-384

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