Jetavan said:
Are there special chrismation-renunciation texts for converts from different religions, like Islam or Hinduism?
Again, in the Hapgood book:
(I apologize for the formatting)
The Catechumen is then asked to renounce his errors and confess his belief
The Jew renounceth : The blasphemies of the Jews against Jesus
Christ our Saviour, his most holy Mother and his Saints ; circum-
cision ; the observation of Saturday, and all Jewish festivals and
ceremonies ; the Rabbinical interpretation of the Scriptures con-
tained in the Talmud and ancient and modern writings ; the doc-
trine that the Messiah is not yet come ; and the vain expectation
of his coming.
( The Jew accepteth the belief: That the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit art
one God, divided in three Persons, but in Essence undivided; that Jesus Christ,
the Only-begotten Son of God, was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin
Mary for the sake of our salvation, and betame very man, yet remaining very
God, one in Essence, but in two Persons, divine and human ; thai our Lord
Jesus Christ, of his own free will, in very truth, and not in appearance only,
suffered for us in the flesh, but not in his divinity, and, having died and been
buried as man* rose again by virtue of his divinity ', and ascended into heaven
in the flesh; that the Virgin Mary was and remained truly Virgin, and therefore
is worthy of reverence as the chief intercessor for us with God; and that the
Cross of Christ was the instrument and emblem of our salvation,)
The Mahometan renounceth: The Mahometan faith, and its So-
phistries; Mahomet, as being a false prophet; the Koran and all
false legends, laws and traditions therein contained ; the pilgrim-
age to Mecca for worship, as salutary to the soul ; the inculcation
of polygamy in this life, and the teaching: as to sensual pleasures in
Paradise; and the blasphemies which Mahometans utter touching
Christ our Saviour, his most holy Mother, and Christians.
{He accepteth all the points set forth for the Jew, and in addition the belief that
the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testaments, as accepted by
the Church, are the Word of God, given for our salvation, and were written
by the holy men of God who were illumined by the Holy Spirit ; that the tradi-
tions, regulations and prayers which have comedown from the Apostles nnd
the holy Fathers of the Church are salutary for the soul; and that the Apostles,
Martyrs, and all the Saints revered by the Holy Church are, in very truth, Saints of God
who abide with Christ in the kingdom of heaven, and pray for us sinners.
He also professeth belief touching the holy images {see page 459) required
from all converts.)
The Heathen renounceth: Heathen superstitions; the adoration
of created things; the worship of material statues, and bowing
down to idols ; the offering and eating of sacrifices unto idols ;
idolatrous priests and magicians, and their superstitious deeds and
soothsaying.
{He accepteth the same as the Mahometan.)
The Convert then maketh oath of allegiance.
I, N., who am come from Judaism (Mahometanism, Heathenism) to
the Christian faith, to-day take my oath before omniscient God, that I
renounce the false doctrine of the Jews (Mahometans, Heathens), and
all the heresies and calumnies therein contained, and enter the saving
faith of Christ, not because of any compulsion or fear, nor because of
the oppression of my fellow-believers, and not for the sake of gain,
neither by reason of any hidden guilt on my part, but solely for the
salvation of my soul. Being convinced of the very truth of this faith,
and drawn by the love of my heart unto Christ the Saviour, I desire to
become a Christian, and that holy Baptism may be vouchsafed unto
me. And if I now assert these things through hyprocrisy, and come
not unto Christ my God through the desire of my heart ; and if I
shall hereafter dare to renounce the Christian faith, and return unto
Judaism (Mahometanism, Heathenism), may the wrath of God and ever-
lasting damnation befall me.
And after this, he receiveth Baptism, Chrismation and the Holy Communion.
