Chrisom

The 1549 BCP retained Chrisom (white robe) and anointing, but these too were stripped away soon.

The Book of Common Prayer, part 2: Wetting baby's head Alan Wilson 2010

Chrisom, [114] as the priest said "Take this white vesture for a token of the innocency, which by GOD's grace in this holy sacrament of baptism is given unto thee; and for a sign whereby thou art admonished, so long as thou livest, to give thyself to innocency of living, that after this transitory life, thou mayest be partaker of the life everlasting."

Studies in the Book of Common Prayer 1900

For instance, he confessed that the sign of the Cross in Holy Baptism, the symbolical act of investing with the Chrisom, [103] and "the sanctification of water to the mystical washing away of sin," were especially distasteful to him.

Studies in the Book of Common Prayer 1900

At the same time the custom of the sponsors laying their hands upon the child preparatory to this ceremony was given up, as well as the dedication of the Chrisom by the mother when she presented herself in Church at her purification.

Studies in the Book of Common Prayer 1900

-- Ed. [80] Chrisom is a consecrated unguent, or oil, used in the baptism of infants in the Romish Church.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658