This chapter is designed to explain and point out the various parts of the service of Holy Baptism. It is to be used in conjunction with the chapter on the Holy Eucharist. Baptism was the primary rite of initiation into the Christian community. This rite is what makes one Christian. The Episcopal Church, as part of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church maintained this pattern of becoming a Christian. Confirmation by the bishop at a later stage in one's development became the customary pattern in Anglicanism. This pattern changed as Baptism assumed its proper place as the sacrament of entrance into the church. Confirmation became an adult response to the vows taken in Baptism. Baptism was the beginning of new life in Christ.