Confirmation question?

[romeorcanterbury]

What happens if you have already been confirmed? It makes sense that if you can't be rebaptized you shouldn't be reconfirmed. However, confirmation can only be done by a bishop, and I assume in the Roman church by a bishop in recognized apostolic succession. Any light?

[homeschoolmom]

If you are confirmed in a Protestant church, you would need to be confirmed again. You can be confirmed by a priest (if the bishop gives him permission to)...

[romeorcanterbury]

Thanks so much homeschoolmom. Episcopalians must be confirmed by bishops and a discussion about this with a friend left me totally confused.

[homeschoolmom]

I believe it is usually done by the bishop unless there are just too many people to confirm. Then the parish priests are given permission to do it. (And I'm sure if I'm wrong, someone coughjourneymancough will be happy to correct me...)

[journeyman]

MSMom, never on matters of faith and doctrine . . . or child care . . . spelling and punctuation are the limits of my capacity

As an Episcopalian, I was confirmed by the Bishop . . . my Catholic children that have reached confirmation age were confirmed by the Bishop . . . when I went through RCIA I was presented to the Bishop by our DRE and pastoral coordinator (my sponsor had to work that day) in a regional ceremony, but the confirmation was in our parish, and done by a priest

[homeschoolmom]

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[journeyman]

unless maybe it is the spelling your name . . .

[Ellenita]

Like Journeyman, when I was an Anglican I was confirmed by the bishop, but when I converted I was confirmed by my Priest who had received permission by the Bishop. There was also a special Mass which all prosepctive confirmation candidates had to attend where we met the Bishop - we had declared our intention to be confirmed & our names were in the book!

Unlike baptism in certain protestant denominations, it wouldn't be possible to accept a confirmation by a protestant denomination as you publicly state you accept the teaching of the Catholic church at your confirmation....

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Aug 13 2005, 02:22 PM']If you are confirmed in a Protestant church, you would need to be confirmed again. You can be confirmed by a priest (if the bishop gives him permission to)...
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Same if it's an Orthodox church?

[cappie]

[quote name='Light and Truth' date='Sep 8 2005, 04:14 PM']Same if it's an Orthodox church?
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No the Orthodox sacraments are recognised as valid by the Catholic Church, so people who change to the Catholic Faith make a Profession of Faith but are not re confirmed.

[White Knight]

So Confirmation is done by a Preist or a Bishop right?

[journeyman]

In the Orthodox Church (Apotheon can jump in any time ) the initiation rite are consolidated into a single ceremony - baptism, crismation and eucharist can all be administered to an infant - confirmation is not a separate rite

In the West (the Roman rite), the bishops reserved the privilege of confirmation to themselves (unless delegated, which can be done), and the rites have been separately celebrated since the early days of the modern Church (sometime between 300 and 1100)

[Philo Koinonia]

Yeah, I was confirmed by a priest with the permssion of our Bishop.

[White Knight]

Awsome.