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One reason for separating confirmation and baptism was to emphasize the distinction between acceptance of faith (baptism) and reaffirmation of one's commitment to the faith (confirmation). This separation allowed individuals to make a conscious decision to affirm their beliefs after gaining more knowledge and maturity.
The sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist Baptism oils are Oil of Catechumens, given only at Baptism as a welcome to church, and also Oil of Chrism, given after Baptism as a sign of priest, prophet, king. At Confirmation the Chrism oil is given, as at Baptism, confirming the gifts of the Holy Spirit At Eucharist, no oils are used
It confirmed you have accepted Christ as your savior.Catholic AnswerBecause it completes your baptism and confirms you in your faith.
Baptism is the closest thing to confirmation in the Baptist church. To go through baptism a believer confesses their acceptance of Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and is voted on by the congregation to be accepted into the congregation. Baptism by the pastor or an ordained minister follows. Confirmation in many churches follows a program of catechism that affirms a person in the faith and answers many questions that a person might have in their faith journey. In the Baptist church they rely on the Sunday School to continue someones faith journey even as an adult.
With baptism we as christians are just identifying ourselves with christ but confirmation is a catholic invention same as: the hail mary, her ascension into heaven, venial and mortal sins and purgatory .
The Church sees it as working in conjunction with baptism. A Catholic has to be baptized first, before he can undergo confirmation. If baptism initiates a Catholic into the Church, then confirmation calls on the Holy Spirit to come more fully into the confirmant's life to make him a full, productive member of the faith. The term they often use with confirmation is that confirmants become "soldiers of God" in the rite of confirmation.
7 sacraments of the catholic faith, baptism, reconciliation, communion, confirmation, marriage or priesthood, and the anointing of the sick
Roman Catholic AnswerThey have always been separate sacraments, although they were initially given during the same ceremony. Normally, baptism is administered by a priest, and confirmation is administered by a Bishop. In the West, with the growing number of infant baptisms during the year, and the impossibility of the Bishop being at all of them, gradually Confirmation was moved to a later period, after instruction in the faith. So that very early on, in the first couple centuries, Baptism and Confirmation became separated. In the East, the three sacraments of Initiation, Baptism, Confirmation, and the Holy Eucharist, are still administered together to an infant.
7 sacraments of the catholic faith, baptism, reconciliation, communion, confirmation, marriage or priesthood, and the anointing of the sick
It guides us with hope and happiness all christians will go through Baptism and (almost) all christians will go through confirmation to. You need faith to tell the priest that you want to become christian and if you really want this, you will hope that he will baptize you and say yes and guide you through the sacraments and comfirmation.
Baptism is a sacrament that initiates a person into the Christian faith. Anointing of the sick is a sacrament that offers spiritual healing and strength to those who are seriously ill or nearing death. Confirmation is a sacrament that strengthens and deepens the gifts of the Holy Spirit received at Baptism.
.Catholic AnswerIf you are not confirmed, you need to be. Confirmation completes baptism and gives you the grace that you need to lead an adult Christian faith. Note, it doesn't give you an adult Christian faith - it gives you the grace to acquire an adult Christian faith.