SUMMARY

1. Confirmation (the word means a making firm or strong) completes Baptism.  Through the laying on of hands we are given the full gift of the Holy Spirit, sealing us as God’s own possessions, equipping us as Soldiers of Christ for our lives in the world, and making us full members of the Church.  The Apostles administered Confirmation, and ever since it has been part of a bishop’s apostolic work.

2. Both Baptism and Confirmation are Sacraments which make a mark on the soul that can never be removed (indelible character), and therefore they can never be repeated

References

1. ©The Archbishops’ Council (2006)Common Worship.  Baptism and Confirmation.  Available from: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/downloads/pdf/cibaptismandconf.pdf  (Accessed 24 August 2010) (Internet).

2. ©The Archbishops’ Council (2006) Common Worship.  Baptism and Confirmation.  Available from: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/downloads/pdf/cibaptismandconf.pdf  (Accessed 24 August 2010) (Internet).