Te Pipiwharauroa 59

Te Pipiwharauroa 59

No. 59

1903/01/01

(Maori Version at NZETC)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He KupuWhakamarama, Number 59, Gisborne, January 1903.

CONFIRMATION

(See Number 55, September 1902.)

The second thing that a person must affirm when he is baptised and which he must re-affirm before his confirmation is ‘That he should believe all the articles of the Christian Faith.’

Te Pipiwharauroa 55

Te Pipiwharauroa 55

No. 55

1902/09/01

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 55, Gisborne, September, 1902.

CONFIRMATION

(See Number 48, February 1902.)

The first thing a person has to affirm when he is baptised and which he has to affirm anew before he is confirmed is that he will ‘renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.’ [Book of Common Prayer.]

Te Pipiwharauroa 48

Te Pipiwharauroa 48

HE KUPU WHAKAMARAMA

(Maori Version at NZETC)

Number 48

1902/02/01

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 48, Gisborne, February 1902.

CONFIRMATION

Confirmation is the sign that a person has reached maturity as far as the principles of the Church are concerned. Baptism was his birth as a child of God and Confirmation marks his becoming an adult. At a child’s baptism the Godparents undertake to bring that child to the Bishop to be confirmed when he knows the words of the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, and is also able to answer the questions in the Catechism. The Catechism explains the significance of Baptism and Confirmation.