Part 3

Question 1

What is Confirmation?

Answer 1

One of the Sacraments of Initiation. It completes and confirms the sanctifying grace first received in the sacrament of Baptism by a special outpouring of the gifts and seal of the Holy Spirit. This Sacrament equips the confirmed for worship and apostolic life in the Church.

Question 2

How did the origin of the Confirmation Name come about?

Answer 2

The tradition comes from a Catholic monastic movement in the 5th century where monks would go into the desert to devote themselves to prayer and penance. These monks would take a new name to indicate their new vocation. From this tradition, the Confirmation name of a Saint is taken up by the one who is being confirmed so that they can haver a concreate model of the Christian life.

Question 3

How is the Church and the Sacraments related?

Answer 3

Jesus Christ entrusted the Church as the dispenser of the sacraments so that they may be celebrated by the faithful from generation to generation.