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'''Confirmation''' is an informal term for the [[Senate]] giving "Advice and Consent" to a presidential nomination for an executive or judicial position.<ref>[http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/confirmation.htm] US Senate Reference</ref>
 
  
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'''Confirmation''' is also a [[Christian]] religious [[ceremony]] or [[rite]] in which a [[baptism|baptised]] person reaffirms his faith after instruction in the doctrines of his church. In most Western churches where Confirmation is considered a [[sacrament]] or a sacramental, the usual age of the confirmand is between 11 and 16, at which time he is considered capable of making a mature decision concerning the faith. In Eastern Christianity, however, Confirmation (called Chrismation) follows soon after the reception of infant baptism.
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'''Confirmation''' is a [[Christian]] religious [[ceremony]] or [[rite]] in which a [[baptism|baptised]] person reaffirms his faith after instruction in the doctrines of his church. In most Western churches where Confirmation is considered a [[sacrament]] or a sacramental, the usual age of the confirmand is between 11 and 16, at which time he is considered capable of making a mature decision concerning the faith. In Eastern Christianity, however, Confirmation (called Chrismation) follows soon after the reception of infant baptism.  
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The various Rites of the [[Catholic Church]] teach the doctrine that the Sacrament of Confirmation is the normal form of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit which by the laying on of the hands of a bishop and anointing with ''[[chrism]]'' confers the seven-fold grace of the Holy Spirit as listed in Isaiah 11:2-3a: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude (might), knowledge, piety (godliness) and fear of the Lord ([[Douay-Rheims]] version).
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==Secular confirmation (Confirmation hearings)==
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'''Confirmation''' is also an informal term for the [[Senate]] giving "Advice and Consent" to a presidential nomination for an executive or judicial position.<ref>[http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/confirmation.htm] US Senate Reference</ref>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 10:55, September 23, 2017

Confirmation is a Christian religious ceremony or rite in which a baptised person reaffirms his faith after instruction in the doctrines of his church. In most Western churches where Confirmation is considered a sacrament or a sacramental, the usual age of the confirmand is between 11 and 16, at which time he is considered capable of making a mature decision concerning the faith. In Eastern Christianity, however, Confirmation (called Chrismation) follows soon after the reception of infant baptism.

The various Rites of the Catholic Church teach the doctrine that the Sacrament of Confirmation is the normal form of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit which by the laying on of the hands of a bishop and anointing with chrism confers the seven-fold grace of the Holy Spirit as listed in Isaiah 11:2-3a: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude (might), knowledge, piety (godliness) and fear of the Lord (Douay-Rheims version).

Secular confirmation (Confirmation hearings)

Confirmation is also an informal term for the Senate giving "Advice and Consent" to a presidential nomination for an executive or judicial position.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ [1] US Senate Reference
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