In a number of dioceses the Sacrament of Confirmation is now celebrated before the reception of the Eucharist. This restored order returns the celebration of Confirmation to its original place after Baptism in the Sacraments of Initiation, with the Eucharist completing Christian initiation.
In the United States the designated age for Confirmation is between the ages of discretion and the age In order to be confirmed a person. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are strengthened: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.
In this way the Christian is equipped to become a better witness to Christ in the world. The Catholic being confirmed stands or kneels before the bishop, and the sponsor lays one hand on the shoulder of the one being confirmed. Confirmation is the sacrament by which Catholics receive a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Through Confirmation , the Holy Spirit gives them the increased ability to practice their Catholic faith in every aspect of their lives and to witness Christ in every situation.
A closer bond with the Catholic Church. Confirmation name In many countries, it is customary for a person being confirmed in some dioceses of Roman Catholic Church and in some Anglican dioceses to adopt a new name , generally the name of a biblical character or saint, thus securing an additional patron saint as protector and guide. Page 1 Proper Attire for Confirmation. As every candidate knows, a Sacrament is an outward visible sign instituted by Christ to give grace. Young Women.
Confirmation Sponsor The sponsor promises to help the child to be a true worker for the Kingdom. The sponsors at Baptism are usually called the godparents. At Confirmation there is usually just one sponsor. Sometimes it is one of the godparents. This could be a grandparent, aunt or uncle, other relative, family friend, parent of one of your friends, a teacher. What are the steps of confirmation? Reading from the Scripture.
Scripture pertaining to Confirmation is read. Presentation of the Candidates. Renewal of Baptismal Promises. Laying on of Hands. They confer Chrismation at the same time as baptism. This is also the practice of Eastern Rite Catholics. The special relationship between Roman Catholics and members of the Eastern Churches means that the Catholic Church does not confirm converts from the Eastern rite. By contrast, when Roman Catholics and Protestants convert to Orthodoxy, they are usually received into the Church by Chrismation but without baptism.
However, some bishops require converts to be admitted through baptism. Protestants, in particular, may have to be baptised again. Some of the practices surrounding confirmation in the Church of England are similar to the Roman Catholic Church but only the bishop can confer the sacrament. Traditionally, confirmation was part of a wider ceremony of Christian initiation in the Church of England.
It only became a separate rite when bishops were no longer able to preside at all baptisms. Anglicans who choose to be confirmed make a further commitment to the Christian journey that began with their baptism.
It marks their decision to live a responsible and committed Christian life. Through prayer and the laying of hands, the bishop asks God to send his Holy Spirit to give them the strength to live as disciples of Christ. Like baptism, there are two different types of confirmation services in the Church of England.
There are those that follow the confirmation rite in The Book of Common Prayer and those that follow the confirmation rite from the Common Worship pattern. In the Church of England, there is no set age for confirmation although it has been traditional for people to be confirmed in their early teens. The Methodist Church offers the rite of confirmation for any member who wants to make a public statement of faith as a committed Christian. Like Anglicans and Catholics, Methodists confirm the promises that were made on their behalf as a baby.
Confirmation does not take place in the Baptist Church where believers are baptised as adults through full immersion. A core belief is that the baptised makes a firm commitment to discipleship and the church. Some Baptist churches may also be willing to re-baptise a person who has embraced the Christian faith although they were baptised as a baby into another denomination.
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This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving. When in the Middle Ages it became the practice to confirm close to adolescence instead of infancy, theologians began to teach that Confirmation was the sacrament of maturity.
Those who received it were regarded as old enough and ready to live active, responsible Christian lives. The notion of the sacrament making a person a soldier of Christ prevailed. Some people today still look on Confirmation as the sacrament of maturity. But this sacrament does not imply that the candidate is completely mature in the faith. Nor does the signing with chrism instantaneously produce maturity in the candidate. Conversion to Christ is a gradual process to which Confirmation gives added strength.
Through it the confirmed person is strengthened for this lifelong journey. Current thinking of Confirmation has been given direction by recent Church documents that see Confirmation as integrally related to Baptism and Eucharist. Together these sacraments constitute a process by which the Spirit brings the believer to full union with the community. Confirmation does not complete Baptism in the sense that Baptism left something incomplete.
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