“Then, when ye were stripped, ye were anointed with exorcised oil, from the very hairs your head to your feet Ib. § 3..”  The consecration of the “exorcised oil” is thus described Const. Apost. vii. c. 42.:  “Now this is blessed by the chief-priest for the remission of sins, and the first preparation for Baptism.  For he calls thus upon the Unbegotten God, the Father of Christ, the King of all sensible and intelligent natures, that He would sanctify the oil in the name of the Lord Jesus, and impart to it spiritual grace and efficacious strength, the remission of sins, and the first preparation for the confession of Baptism, that so the Candidate for Baptism, when he is anointed may be freed from all ungodliness, and may become worthy of initiation, according to the command of the Only-begotten.”