| Show AN EARLY institution godfathers God fathers a and I 1 d godmothers godmother la in IF england in a Vedi medieval eval ti time tie e we must doubtless look to the jews jaws for the origin of godfathers god fathers and godmothers motters mo the use of them in the an primitive m church is so early that it I 1 is 3 not easy to fix a time for their beginning some som a of the most ancient fathers make man mention tion of them and through all the successive ages afterward we tind find the use of them continued without any in interruption ter by a constitution of ed edmund archbishop of canterbury N 36 and in a 3 synod held at worcester 1240 a provision was made ad that there should bo be for every male child two godfathers god fathers and ono one godmother and for every lemale one godfather and two godmothers king henry vail referring to the princess elizabeth says sly my ix lord d ol of canterbury I 1 have a suit salt which you must not cot deny me rrt I 1 Is a fair young anaid that yet wants wanta baptisto baptism you yon must lie be godfather and ana answer tor for her naury act V scene 3 A cons constitution titu tion of 1281 1251 ma malcos kes provision for a christian namo name being chau changed cd at confirmation this is I 1 practically r r rT mins of the child the manner ia abich it was done was for the bishop to use usa the name came in the invocation tion and afterward for him to sign a certificate that he chehad had so confirmed a person by such new name it is possible that this practice might have been in Shake mind when he wrote 11 cau me but love iove and ill be ba new baptized A I 1 never will be ba reeo 11 Wes westminster review |
