The Churching of women, they said, is both Pagan and Jewish.
"John Knox and the Reformation"
Andrew Lang
See Church Catholic 56 Missions House 60 of England not founded by Henry the Eighth 20, 179, 233 Temperance Society 61 Wardens 62 Year, See Christian Year 53 Year preaches the Gospel 53 Churching 62 Circumcision, The 63 Clergy 63 Clerical 64 Cloister 64 Coadjutor.
"The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia"
William James Miller
The day on which he saw that the mother's intelligent eye perceived, without fully comprehending, the danger that threatened her son, he announced his departure on the morning after the mass for her Churching was solemnized, under pretext of rallying his forces to the support of the king.
"The Hated Son"
Honore de Balzac