Adelphoi,
A little more information on the Confirmation & Holy Communion, BCP 1662 at Canterbury for teenagers which the official news service seemingly is not making known
Less than a fortnight after his Enthronement, Dr Rowan Williams has conducted his first Confirmation service as Archbishop of Canterbury - according to the Book of Common Prayer.
At the service, which took the place of the main Sunday morning service in Canterbury Cathedral, 61 pupils from the King's School, Canterbury, along with one member of the School's staff, were confirmed with the words that have been used in the Church of England for 450 years. Immediately after the Confirmation, the Archbishop celebrated Holy Communion, also according to the 1662 rite.
The request to use the Prayer Book order was made by the School's Chaplain, Prayer Book Society member the Revd Fredrik Arvidsson, with the backing of the Headmaster, the Revd Canon Keith Wilkinson. The Archbishop is, nevertheless, understood to have been fully supportive of the move and, in his sermon, made reference to the fact that the words of the Prayer Book had been tested by many generations of use.
The Rev'd Dr. Peter Toon
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