No Confirmation?

[AnneBOK]

Can someone please tell me the Church’s teaching on the eternal state of a Catholic adult who dies without confirmation? I was discussing this with a friend and all we came up with were opinions - not church doctrine…
Thanks!
Anne

 

[Karin]

Can someone please tell me the Church’s teaching on the eternal state of a Catholic adult who dies without confirmation? I was discussing this with a friend and all we came up with were opinions - not church doctrine…
Thanks!
Anne

Regarding the obligation of receiving the sacrament, it is admitted that confirmation is not necessary as an indispensable means of salvation (necessitate medii). On the other hand, its reception is obligatory (necessitate præcepti) “for all those who are able to understand and fulfill the Commandments of God and of the Church. This is especially true of those who suffer persecution on account of their religion or are exposed to grievous temptations against faith or are in danger of death. The more serious the danger so much greater is the need of protecting oneself”. (Conc. Plen. Balt. II, n. 250.) As to the gravity of the obligation, opinions differ, some theologians holding that an unconfirmed person would commit mortal sin if he refused the sacrament, others that the sin would be at most venial unless the refusal implied contempt for the sacrament. Apart, however, from such controversies the importance of confirmation as a means of grace is so obvious that no earnest Christian will neglect it, and in particular that Christian parents will not fail to see that their children are confirmed.
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[Br.Rich_SFO]

Can someone please tell me the Church’s teaching on the eternal state of a Catholic adult who dies without confirmation? I was discussing this with a friend and all we came up with were opinions - not church doctrine…
Thanks!
Anne

The only Sacrament taught by the Church as being required for salvation is Baptism. If a Baptized adult died in a state of sanctifying Grace they would be judged accordingly. If they died in a state of un-repentant Mortal sin well you know the rest.