The practice of Confirmation among Brazilian Anglicans: incoherencies and challenges

This article intends to discuss the nature and origin of Confirmation in Anglicanism and how this tradition was handed over to Brazilian Anglicans. It also emphasizes some incoherencies that have arisen from the dichotomy between official teachings and new Book of Common Prayer theologies and ordinary practices, which are still influenced by ancient customs and by the practice of other larger Christian churches. Finally, some proposals are presented which could guide liturgists, commissions and synods as the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (IEAB) moves forward discerning the meaning of Baptism as full initiation and the role of Confirmation in endorsing this view.