[[1]] See Service for the "Private Baptism of Children".
[[2]] Service for the Ordination of Deacons.
[[3]] From an old word, Gossip or Godsib, i.e. God relation.
[[4]] Cf. Rom. vi. 4; Eph. v. 26.
[[5]] Trine Immersion, i.e. dipping the candidate thrice, or thrice pouring water upon him, dates from the earliest ages, but exceptional cases have occurred where a single immersion has been held valid.
[[6]] From Chrisma, sacred oil—first the oil with which a child was anointed at Baptism, and then the robe with which the child was covered after Baptism and Unction, and hence the child itself was called a Chrisome-child, i.e. a child wearing the Chrisome robe.
[[7]] In the 1549 Prayer Book, the Prayer at the Anointing in the Baptismal Service ran: "Almighty God, Who hath regenerated thee by water and the Holy Ghost, and hath given unto thee the remission of all thy sins, He vouchsafe to anoint thee with the Unction of His Holy Spirit, and bring thee to the inheritance of everlasting life. Amen."