Current Theology
‘Current thinking sees Confirmation as integrally related to Baptism and Eucharist. Together, these sacraments constitute a process in which the Holy Spirit brings the Christian believer to full union with the community’ (Loyola Press, 2007).
· In 1910 Pope Pius X made it possible for seven year old children to receive communion
· When he did that, Confirmation became the last sacrament of initiation to be celebrated
· The Church emphasizes Confirmation’s role of leading to Eucharist through the words of the rite and celebrating Confirmation in mass (Loyola Press, 2007)
‘Through the sacrament of Confirmation, the Baptised are perfectly bound to the church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit’ (1285, The Catechism of the Catholic Church).
· Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to root us more deeply in the divine filiation, incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us bear witness to the Christian faith in words accompanied by deeds (1316, The Catechism of the Catholic Church).
· Confirmation, like Baptism, imprints a spiritual mark or indelible character on the Christian’s soul; for this reason one can receive this sacrament only once in one’s life (1317, The Catechism of the Catholic Church).
· In 1910 Pope Pius X made it possible for seven year old children to receive communion
· When he did that, Confirmation became the last sacrament of initiation to be celebrated
· The Church emphasizes Confirmation’s role of leading to Eucharist through the words of the rite and celebrating Confirmation in mass (Loyola Press, 2007)
‘Through the sacrament of Confirmation, the Baptised are perfectly bound to the church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit’ (1285, The Catechism of the Catholic Church).
· Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to root us more deeply in the divine filiation, incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us bear witness to the Christian faith in words accompanied by deeds (1316, The Catechism of the Catholic Church).
· Confirmation, like Baptism, imprints a spiritual mark or indelible character on the Christian’s soul; for this reason one can receive this sacrament only once in one’s life (1317, The Catechism of the Catholic Church).