It is excited to share all of the blessings that Jesus established to cleanse and strengthen all those who believe in him. The Church, in loving and humble obedience, teaches what Christ taught and does what he told it to do. "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." "Receive the Holy Ghost!"
Baptism & Confirmation.
in the orthodox church
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 Sacrament of Baptism is linked to Confirmation. At Baptism, the baby's godparents make their vows to remain faithful to the Church. At Confirmation, the young person makes the vows him/herself, to remain faithful to the Church.
In the Catholic Church there are seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Penance, Eucharist, Marriage, Holy Orders and the Anointing of the sick.
K.M. Pughe has written: 'Baptism, confirmation, and communion' -- subject(s): Doctrines, Lord's Supper, Baptism, Confirmation, Church of England
That Sacrament and Church are Gifts to us from God.
The Sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, Confirmation, and the Most Holy Eucharist.
The sacrament of confirmation is when a young member of the church who has received his/her baptism, first reconciliation, and first communion decides to become an adult within the church.
Confirmation is often seen as an adult decision to confirm your beliefs and want to be an active member of the Church. Confirmation, like Baptism, is a Sacrament of Initiation. Baptism uses water, whereas Confirmation is more about the Holy Spirit of fire.
In the first years of the Church Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist were all celebrated in the same ceremony; this is how it is still done in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism. As the Church grew, and presbyters rather than bishops were local leaders, the Church in the West began to separate Confirmation from Baptism. Confirmation was celebrated in each parish by the bishop as a sign of unity.
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.