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    Common Worship Christian Initiation: Additional Baptism Texts in Accessible Language
    Common Worship Christian Initiation: Additional Baptism Texts in Accessible Language
    Common Worship Christian Initiation: Additional Baptism Texts in Accessible Language
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    Common Worship Christian Initiation: Additional Baptism Texts in Accessible Language

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    These alternative baptism texts are written in response to clergy demand. Without compromising the theology of baptism, they offer a form of service in simplified language for the baptism of adults and children. This booklet contains the alternative texts in full, plus a service outline using them and helpful guidance on using the new material.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChurch House Publishing
    Release dateSep 3, 2015
    ISBN9780715123133
    Common Worship Christian Initiation: Additional Baptism Texts in Accessible Language

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      Common Worship Christian Initiation - Church of England

      Christian Initiation:

      Additional Baptism Texts in Accessible Language

      Christian Initiation:

      Additional Baptism Texts

      in Accessible Language

      with Guidance on Using

      the Alternative Texts

      Church House Publishing

      Copyright

      Contents

      A note on using this Common Worship EPUB edition

      Authorization

      Introduction

      Guidance on Using the Alternative Baptism Texts

      Notes

      Outline of a Service of Holy Baptism using the Alternative Forms

      Christian Initiation: Additional Texts for Holy Baptism in Accessible Language

      Presentation of the Candidates

      The Decision

      Signing with the Cross

      Prayer over the Water

      Commission

      A note on using this Common Worship

      EPUB edition

      This Common Worship eBook is designed for use on any device able to read EPUB electronic books, such as an iPad using iBooks, or a Nook or Kobo eReader.

      The following notes on navigating this publication on an eBook Reader may be helpful, bearing in mind that using a prayer book is likely to be quite different to the experience of reading a novel or similar.

      Finding your way around easily

      ♦  The Contents list contains underlined links to each section of the book.

      ♦  You can access the Contents list from any section in the book by clicking on the underlined main heading.

      ♦  You can use

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