Perfective Unction: A Discourse of Confirmation

by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (Editor), Charles Page Eden (Editor)

"...the greatest thing that ever God did to the world is the giving to us the Holy Ghost."

Confirmation has sometimes been described as a sacrament in search of a theology. In Perfective Unction, theologian and bishop Jeremy Taylor embraces that search, carefully sifting through the wisdom of patristic theology, the prayers of liturgical manuscripts, and the authority of conciliar decrees. In this way, Tay.or not only defends confirmation as a central, sacramental rite of the Christian life, but he also manages to model an Anglican theological method, one that takes seriously the example of the early church, even as it meets the heart of the individual believer with pastoral compassion and generosity. "This is that power from on high which first descended in Pentecost," Taylor writes of confirmation, and it is the mission of the church to share this immense gift with the world.

88 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

About the author

Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) was a cleric in the Church of England and a writer.

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