What would happen if a person received emergency baptism, confirmation and communion, but survived? Are they still confirmed? Must they go to classes?

[convertingtocatholic]

My question Above What would happens if A person recieved emergency baptism confirmation and commuion but tender up Surving what willa happens next are The still confirmed do the need to to to classes?

 

[fide]

My question Above What would happens if A person recieved emergency baptism confirmation and commuion but tender up Surving what willa happens next are The still confirmed do the need to to to classes?

If possible, one should certainly go to classes. We are called to Love God with our whole mind and heart and soul and strength. To love Him fully, we need to always be growing - increasing - in knowing Him. Classes can help us grow in knowing Him - knowing more and more, better and better, His Truth, His Teachings, His will as He has revealed Himself to the Catholic Church.

 

[Irishmom2]

I would think if a person survived an emergency, they would gladly attend classes and not view it as a chore.

 

[Pitcairn17]

Why would there be a need for emergency Confirmation? Unlike Baptism it is not necessary for salvation, and it does presume some knowledge of the Faith.

 

[Irishmom2]

I was wondering that too. Never heard of emergency Confirmation.

 

[1ke]

are The still confirmed

Of course they are. ???

do the need to to to classes?

We are all called to faith formation. For children that usually takes the form of religious education. For adults, bible study, group classes, or study on one’s own.

If the person is a child, they would receive religious education like every other child.

If an adult, then they would have likely already been in formation. If not, it would be up to them to discuss it with their pastor.

 

[1ke]

Why would there be a need for emergency Confirmation?

If a person (over the age of reason in the Latin Church) is in danger of death, they should be baptized, confirmed and communed (just as they would be in a non emergency situation). These are the three sacraments of initiation. If already baptized, in danger of death Catholics should receive the other two sacraments of initiation.

 

[1ke]

Never heard of emergency Confirmation.

Yes, Catholics in danger of death who have not completed the sacraments of initiation should receive them.

Edited to add: We had a terminally ill child in our parish, and we arranged for him to complete his sacraments of initiation receiving confirmation and communion at the hospital. He was in a special hospital in another state. The priest at the hospital received faculties to complete his sacraments of initiation.

 

[Vico]

My question Above What would happens if A person recieved emergency baptism confirmation and commuion but tender up Surving what willa happens next are The still confirmed do the need to to to classes?

I think you can see from the Catechism and canon law that a post-baptismal catechumenate is needed and that those to be baptized as adults must have some knowledge.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

1231 Where infant Baptism has become the form in which this sacrament is usually celebrated, it has become a single act encapsulating the preparatory stages of Christian initiation in a very abridged way. By its very nature infant Baptism requires a post-baptismal catechumenate . Not only is there a need for instruction after Baptism, but also for the necessary flowering of baptismal grace in personal growth. The catechism has its proper place here.

CIC (Latin Canon Law)

Can.* 865 §1. For an adult to be baptized, the person must have manifested the intention to receive baptism, have been instructed sufficiently about the truths of the faith and Christian obligations, and have been tested in the Christian life through the catechumenate. The adult is also to be urged to have sorrow for personal sins.
§2. An adult in danger of death can be baptized if, having some knowledge of the principal truths of the faith, the person has manifested in any way at all the intention to receive baptism and promises to observe the commandments of the Christian religion.

 

[Pitcairn17]

Pitcairn17:

Why would there be a need for emergency Confirmation?

If a person (over the age of reason in the Latin Church) is in danger of death, they should be baptized, confirmed and communed (just as they would be in a non emergency situation). These are the three sacraments of initiation. If already baptized, in danger of death Catholics should receive the other two sacraments of initiation.

You’re saying “should.” I’m asking “why?” In a danger-of-death situation, what in the sense of salvific actions is accomplished by emergency Confirmation? What does emergency Confirmation accomplish that is not already achieved by emergency Baptism?

 

[Tis_Bearself]

You’re saying “should.” I’m asking “why?” In a danger-of-death situation, what in the sense of salvific actions is accomplished by emergency Confirmation? What does emergency Confirmation accomplish that is not already achieved by emergency Baptism?

Canon Law

THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION (Cann. 879 - 896)

Can. 879 The sacrament of confirmation strengthens the baptized and obliges them more firmly to be witnesses of Christ by word and deed and to spread and defend the faith. It imprints a character, enriches by the gift of the Holy Spirit the baptized continuing on the path of Christian initiation, and binds them more perfectly to the Church.

Can. 891 The sacrament of confirmation is to be conferred on the faithful at about the age of discretion unless the conference of bishops has determined another age, or there is danger of death, or in the judgment of the minister a grave cause suggests otherwise.

Also worth noting that the Eastern Catholic practice is to always give baptism and confirmation at the same time.

I would think if a person is in danger of death, then you want them bound as perfectly to the Church as you can get.

 

[Dovekin]

The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him:

a spirit of wisdom and of understanding,

A spirit of counsel and of strength,

a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD,

and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD.
Isaiah 11:2-3

Confirmation is often explained in terms of this passage. It may be true that gifts of knowledge and counsel are not needed, all the others may have a transformative effect on the dying.

Which does not even to address the healing presence of the Holy Spirit that is the core of the sacrament.