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TRUE OR FALSE: The Church prefers that a person from the candidate's own family be selected as Confirmation sponsor.
TRUE OR FALSE: A priest is usually the minister of Confirmation for adults who receive all three Sacraments of Christian Initiation at the Easter Vigil.
What do we call the period of evangelization and initial conversion?
TRUE OR FALSE: The first Christians met to "break bread" on the last day of the week, Saturday, the day on which God rested.
TRUE OR FALSE: Only a bishop can consecrate the sacred chrism and other oils used throughout the year.
TRUE OR FALSE: Chrism is blessed by the bishop at the sacred chrism Mass on Holy Thursday.
TRUE OR FALSE: The connection between Confirmation and the bishop signifies that the Church is one, catholic, and apostolic, because every bishop traces his authority back to the Apostles.
TRUE OR FALSE: Christ's redeeming act of freeing us from sin and death is made present once again in the Eucharist.
TRUE OR FALSE: Any unbaptized person who is not yet confirmed should receive the Sacrament of Confirmation because Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist are all essential for Christian initiation to be complete.
TRUE OR FALSE: The Eucharist is the culmination of Christian initiation and is most important of all the sacraments because Christ himself is contained in it.
In the United States, the Church defines the age range for a Confirmation candidate as
TRUE OR FALSE: Faith is not static or unchanging.
In many dioceses, the bishops verify that Confirmation candidates understand the meaning of Confirmation by
The restored order of the reception of the Sacrament of Initiation is
TRUE OR FALSE: When we receive Baptism, we are sealed with a permanent spiritual mark which is why this sacrament is not repeated for members of other non-Catholic Christian communities who seek to become Catholic.
TRUE OR FALSE: The name of Confirmation in the Western Church, Chrismation, specifically recalls the anointing with chrism, while in the Eastern Church, the name Confirmation affirms that this sacrament confirms and strengthens the graces of Baptism.
TRUE OR FALSE: Like the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation, we may receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist only once.
During the Rite of Confirmation, the bishop traces a small cross on each candidate's
What does the anointing with sacred chrism that takes place during Confirmation signify?
TRUE OR FALSE: In Confirmation, the sacramental seal we receive perfects the ministerial priesthood of the faithful received in Baptism and confers the power to profess faith in Christ publicly.