ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book develops an in-depth view of confirmation in the eighteenth century. In so doing it has examined the evidence as exists for the theology and practice of the rite. This was a period when there was no Anglican communion and thus the mechanisms for setting up overseas churches had not developed. The outcome of the American Revolution was not only an independent Anglican Church in the United States but also mechanisms to appoint overseas bishops in places like Canada and India. It is clear that while formation for confirmation was very popular, receiving communion did not have the same emphasis as it does today. Parson Woodforde would have found it very difficult not to be present at the confirmation service and clerical meal with the bishop afterwards.
