Confirmation (sacrament) in the context of "Age of reason (canon law)"

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⭐ Core Definition: Confirmation (sacrament)

In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands. The ceremony typically involves laying on of hands.

Catholicism views confirmation as a sacrament. The sacrament is called chrismation in Eastern Christianity. In the East it takes place immediately after baptism; in the West, when a child reaches the age of reason or early adolescence, or in the case of adult baptism immediately afterwards in the same ceremony. Among those Christians who practise confirmation during their teenage years, the practice may be perceived, secondarily, as a coming of age rite.

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Confirmation (sacrament) in the context of Chrismation

Chrismation consists of the sacrament or mystery in the initiation rites of Eastern Christianity as practiced in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Assyrian Church of the East and Eastern Catholic churches. The sacrament is more commonly known in Western Christianity as confirmation, although some languages such as Italian, Maltese and Portuguese normally use the terms cresima, griżma (tal-isqof) and crisma ("chrismation") rather than confermazione, konferma or confirmação, respectively ("confirmation").

The term chrismation comes about because it involves anointing the recipient of the sacrament with chrism (holy oil), which according to eastern Christian belief, the Apostles sanctified and introduced for all priests to use as a replacement for the laying on of hands by the Apostles.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Chrismation
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Stained glass → Elder (Christianity) → Infant baptism → Covenant (religion) → Laying on of hands → Catholicism → Sacrament → Chrismation → Eastern Christianity → Baptism → Western Christianity → Age of reason (canon law) → Coming of age → Rite of passage →