Confirmation

[celaeno]

Is it not the case that if you receive Confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church (i.e., sealed with the Spirit using Holy Oil of Chrism), you are bonded to and technically always Roman Catholic no matter what other church you may attend in the future?

 

[Corki]

The “bonding” occurs when you are Baptized into the Church.

 

[Spencerian]

Is it not the case that if you receive Confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church (i.e., sealed with the Spirit using Holy Oil of Chrism), you are bonded to and technically always Roman Catholic no matter what other church you may attend in the future?

Hi.

Like many beliefs in the Catholic Church, it’s a “both/and” answer.

It is the Sacrament of Baptism that creates an indelible mark on one’s soul.

But the Sacrament of Confirmation creates an indelible mark as well. Canonically, one must be baptized before this Sacrament.

An indelible mark is also created on men by ordination as a priest or deacon in the Sacrament of Holy Orders.

The Sacrament of Marriage differs from these in that it creates an indissoluble bond between a man and woman while both live. On death of one of the pair, the bond dissolves.

Technically, yes, your bond to the Catholic Church isn’t really changed by moving about to other ecclesiastical communities, because the marks are present no matter where you go.

See the Catechism, numbers 698 and 1121.

 

[PJM]

=celaeno;8965013]Is it not the case that if you receive Confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church (i.e., sealed with the Spirit using Holy Oil of Chrism), you are bonded to and technically always Roman Catholic no matter what other church you may attend in the future?

THAT WILL BE GOD’s Judgment, in fairness and in truth.

God Bless,
Pat

Heb.6 Verses 4 to 8

“For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened,[Baptized in the CC] who have tasted the heavenly gift,[Catholic Holy Communion] and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, CONFIRMED IN THE CC] and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, [Heard the TRUTH Proclaimed at Mass] if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt. For land which has drunk the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. BUT if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed; its end is to be burned”

God Bless,
Pat

 

[1ke]

Is it not the case that if you receive Confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church (i.e., sealed with the Spirit using Holy Oil of Chrism), you are bonded to and technically always Roman Catholic no matter what other church you may attend in the future?

It is not the case that Confirmation makes one Catholic.

It is the case that BAPTISM into the Catholic Church creates such a bond.

Or, if a person is baptized in a non-Catholic ecclesial communion or another valid Church (for example Orthodox) and becomes a Catholic, then it is the reception into the Catholic Church by a profession of faith that creates the person’s irrevocable status as a Catholic.

 

[PJM]

=1ke;8965451]It is not the case that Confirmation makes one Catholic.

It is the case that BAPTISM into the Catholic Church creates such a bond.

Or, if a person is baptized in a non-Catholic ecclesial communion or another valid Church (for example Orthodox) and becomes a Catholic, then it is the reception into the Catholic Church by a profession of faith that creates the person’s irrevocable status as a Catholic.

YES! This is true: however Confirmation creates a personal Covenant between the Confirmed and God…very serious stuff.

God Bless,
Pat

 

[Corki]

YES! This is true: however Confirmation creates a personal Covenant between the Confirmed and God…very serious stuff.

God Bless,
Pat

Confirmation seals the covenant but the covenant is created with Baptism.