67. The theory and practice of antiquity, with regard to the
sacrament of baptism, have been copiously explained by Dom
Chardon, Hist. des Sacremens, tom. p. i. 3-405; Dom
Martenne, de Ritibus Ecclesiae Antiquis, tom. i.; and by
Bingham, in the tenth and eleventh books of his Christian
Antiquities. One circumstance may be observed in which the
modern churches have materially departed from the ancient
custom. The sacrament of baptism (even when it was
administered to infants) was immediately followed by
confirmation and the holy communion.