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CHAZER2222
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can a person that is baptized but not confirmed but intends to get confirmed and holds all Catholic belief go to confession?
Can a person that is baptized but not confirmed go to confession?
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Wesrock
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If that person is already a part (meaning EVER a part as many think of it, ever baptized Catholic or received into the Church) of the Catholic Church, yes. That person can go to Confession even if they were never confirmed. If instead that person is a protestant who feels like they are or want to be Catholic, speak to a priest about converting and your desire for repentance first.
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phil19034
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Yes…
However, just clarification. The Church requires training for 6 out of the 7 sacraments before a person can receive them.
So if this would be your first Confession ever, you must receive the catechesis for it first from your pastor (or his designee).
NOTE: the only sacrament that doesn’t require catechesis first is Anointment of the Sick (aka Extreme Unction)
Tis_Bearself
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Assuming that you have been catechized and are planning on being a practicing Catholic, you can go to confession before you are confirmed.
In fact, that was the normal order of receiving sacraments when I was growing up.
Baptism when a baby
First Confession at about age 7, before you received your First Communion
Then First Communion at about age 7 or 8, after you had made your First Confession
Then Confirmation at about age 13 or 14.
If you want to start going to confession, please do get the appropriate training first, don’t just go in there and try to wing it. That usually ends badly.
In fact, that was the normal order of receiving sacraments when I was growing up.
Baptism when a baby
First Confession at about age 7, before you received your First Communion
Then First Communion at about age 7 or 8, after you had made your First Confession
Then Confirmation at about age 13 or 14.
If you want to start going to confession, please do get the appropriate training first, don’t just go in there and try to wing it. That usually ends badly.
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OurLadyofSorrows
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Yes for 10
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dscath
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Yes, and should!
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poche
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I went to confession several times before I was confirmed.
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Tis_Bearself
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Nowadays, the parishes usually seem to require that the parents be catechized for some period of months before their baby can be baptized.
If a teenager or adult who is not baptized wishes to be baptized, they will need to receive catechesis first.
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TheLittleLady
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phil19034
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While it may not be dogma, the Catholic Church prefers people to receive catechesis before receiving the sacraments (but there sacramental prep for Anointment of the Sick.)phil19034:
Source? 1234
No source, just deductive reasoning.
Baptism -->> Pre Jordan training or RCIA or RCIC
First Communion -->> Child Faith Formation, RCIA or RCIC
First Confession -->> Child Faith Formation, RCIA or RCIC
Confirmation -->> Child Faith Formation, RCIA or RCIC
Holy Matrimony -->> Pre Cana
Holy Orders -->> Seminary
Anointment of the Sick (Extreme Unction) -->> n/a
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phil19034
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Baptism has Pre Jordan classes for the parents (if an infant) and RCIC/RCIA if past the age of reason (usually around 7 years old)phil19034:
And Baptism – how much catechesis can infants receive?
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So yes, there is catechesis / sacramental prep for Baptism.
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TomH1
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Yes, of course, they can. All I have ever known is this order of receiving the sacraments in the Catholic Church: baptism, first confession, first communion and confirmation.
I was baptised as an infant. I made my first confession and received my first communion while in infant school. I was a teenager and at secondary school when I was confirmed. That was the way it was for my parents and the way it happened with my children.
There is an argument that the order should be restored to baptism, confirmation and first communion. I know several bishops have experimented with this order.
So, yes you can go to confession before confirmation. In fact, once you reach the age of reason and can willingly do wrong you ought to go to confession even if you are not confirmed.
I was baptised as an infant. I made my first confession and received my first communion while in infant school. I was a teenager and at secondary school when I was confirmed. That was the way it was for my parents and the way it happened with my children.
There is an argument that the order should be restored to baptism, confirmation and first communion. I know several bishops have experimented with this order.
So, yes you can go to confession before confirmation. In fact, once you reach the age of reason and can willingly do wrong you ought to go to confession even if you are not confirmed.
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TheLittleLady
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These are not in any way official, they are names for classes. Nowhere in USCCB or Vatican directives are these programs required. An individual parish or priest or even Diocese may have used these names.
Again, this is the name of a program, it is not required, any Bishop may determine what sort of marriage prep they do. I’ve worked with pastors who prefer to simply meet with the couple themselves 3 or 4 times, do a compatibility test and need to see proof they have learned their preferred method of NFP.
Online Sacramental Prep from vendors like “Formed” are more and more used.
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phil19034
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You are twisting my words out of context.phil19034:
These are not in any way official, they are names for classes. Nowhere in USCCB or Vatican directives are these programs required. An individual parish or priest or even Diocese may have used these names.
Again, this is the name of a program, it is not required, any Bishop may determine what sort of marriage prep they do. I’ve worked with pastors who prefer to simply meet with the couple themselves 3 or 4 times, do a compatibility test and need to see proof they have learned their preferred method of NFP.
Online Sacramental Prep from vendors like “Formed” are more and more used.
My point is that sacramental prep is required under normal circumstances. However, if a person has prepared on their own, of course a pastor can skip formal classes.
But the Church still requires people above the age of reason to understand what the sacraments are before receiving them.
My answer was for the OP. I did not want to the OP just to simply go to Confession (or tell someone to go to Confession) if they have never had their First Confession. All First Confessions need to be coordinated with their pastor.
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TheLittleLady
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phil19034
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I have no source other than years of catechesis training & discussions with priests that always explains that the Church offers sacramental prep for 6 of the 7 sacraments.
We are not talking about Dogma, Doctrine or Discipline. It’s simply deductive reasoning here because it is a very common practice.
I will stand corrected if need be, but my understanding has always been that while confirmation is highly desirable, it is not necessary for salvation, and a Catholic could go their entire life without having been confirmed. That would be far from ideal, but it is possible.
Is a Catholic required to be confirmed before marrying?
Is a Catholic required to be confirmed before marrying?
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TheLittleLady
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Can. 1065 §1. Catholics who have not yet received the sacrament of confirmation are to receive it before they are admitted to marriage if it can be done without grave inconvenience.
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TheLittleLady
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When using “The Church requires”, it is inferred that this IS Church Law or Doctrine. Perhaps a term like “at the parishes where I have been involved these parishes require…”
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