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Jan 13, 2019 · The sacrament of confirmation confers special graces of the Holy Spirit upon the person being confirmed, just as such graces were granted to the Apostles on Pentecost. Like baptism, therefore, it can be performed only once, and confirmation increases and deepens all of the graces granted at baptism. The catechism of the Catholic Church lists ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Confirmation, Christian rite by which admission to the church, established previously in infant baptism, is said to be confirmed (or strengthened and established in faith). It is considered a sacrament in Roman Catholic and Anglican churches and is equivalent to chrismation in Eastern Christianity.
Confirmation deepens our baptismal life that calls us to be missionary witnesses of Jesus Christ in our families, neighborhoods, society, and the world. . . . We receive the message of faith in a deeper and more intensive manner with great emphasis given to the person of Jesus Christ, who asked the Father to give the Holy Spirit to the Church ...
Confirmation. A stained glass representation of a Lutheran confirmation. In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands. For adults, it is an affirmation of belief. [1] It involves laying on of hands .
confirmation: [noun] an act or process of confirming: such as. a Christian rite conferring the gift of the Holy Spirit and among Protestants full church membership. a ceremony especially of Reform Judaism confirming youths in their faith. the ratification of an executive act by a legislative body.
Jun 10, 2022 · Confirmation is a Sacrament in the Catholic Church in which the one who is confirmed (confirmandi) receives the gifts of the Holy Spirit through the imposition of hand and anointing with oils by the bishop. It’s considered a sacrament of initiation which means that it brings you deeper into communion with the Church.
