Tag: The Sacrament of Confirmation

We seem so often to be incurable legalists when it comes to the things of God. Some people talk as though Baptism doesn’t really stick unless you are confirmed too.

Biblical authors (and other ancient Christians) have a habit of referring to the mysteries of the Christian faith by means of euphemism or code words. The Church began as a

There are two traditions—East and West—when it comes to the sacrament of Confirmation, and they show how doctrine can develop and unfold within the Church much as the branches on

Being as how Pentecost was on Sunday, and Pentecost is all about the Coming of the Holy Spirit in power, and Confirmation is also about the coming of the Holy