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Confirmation CCC 265-270 (Place in divine plan of salvation (no. 265)…
Confirmation CCC 265-270
Place in divine plan of salvation (no. 265)
Church has continued to live by the Spirit and to impart him to her children.
Whole life and mission of Jesus carried out in communion with the Holy Spirit
Apostles received Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Gave the gift of the newly baptized through laying on of hands
Why called
Chrismation
? (no. 266)
because the essential rite of the sacrament is anointing with chrism
Why called
Confirmation
? (no. 266)
because it confirms and strengthens baptismal grace
It's essential rite (no. 277)
anointing with Sacred Chrism
oil mixed with balsam and consecrated by the bishop
done by the laying on of the hand of the minister who pronounces the sacramental words proper to the rite
Effect of Confirmation (no. 268)
special outpouring of the Holy Spirit like that of Pentecost
impresses on the soul an indelible character and produces a growth in the grace of Baptism
roots the recipient more deeply in divine sonship
gives a special strength to witness to the Christian faith.
binds him more firmly to Christ and to the Church and reinvigorates the gifts of the Holy Spirit in his soul
Who can receive this sacrament (no. 269)
Only those already baptized
Candidate must be in state of grace
Who is the minister of Confirmation (no. 270)
The bishop
the link with the bishop and with the Church is expressed by the priest who is the collaborator of the bishop and by the Sacred Chrism, consecrated by the bishop himself.