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TRUE OR FALSE: It is the role of the parish pastor to question those being confirmed about their faith during Confirmation liturgy.
TRUE OR FALSE: Only a priest can present the candidate for Confirmation to the bishop.
TRUE OR FALSE: Jesus gives himself to the Church under the species of bread and wine at every Mass, just as he did at the Last Supper.
TRUE OR FALSE: Others can tell we are disciples of Christ and members of his Church because they can see the gifts of the Spirit that Jesus had in us.
TRUE OR FALSE: Jesus' promise to send the Holy Spirit was fulfilled on Passover.
TRUE OR FALSE: Confirmation has been called the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Forgiveness.
TRUE OR FALSE: The age for the reception of Confirmation can be established in each diocese.
TRUE OR FALSE: When the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles, the effect was permanent, meaning the Advocate was with them always.
TRUE OR FALSE: The anointing at Confirmation signifies and imprints a spiritual seal that gives the newly confirmed the promise of divine protection at the time of his or her death and particular judgment.
How is a rejection of the pompa diaboli found today in the Sacrament of Baptism?
TRUE OR FALSE: Through the Sacrament of Confirmation, we are conformed into the image of Christ.
TRUE OR FALSE: In the East, the Sacraments of Christian Initiation emphasized the unity of christian initiation by delaying Confirmation until the bishop could be present.
TRUE OR FALSE: Chrism is a mixture of olive oil and balsam
TRUE OR FALSE: Early in the Church, an anointing with perfumed oil was added to the laying on of hands when followers of Jesus were confirmed.
TRUE OR FALSE: Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit after he returned to his Father.
TRUE OR FALSE: In an emergency, any person - Christian or not - may baptize if he or she intends to do what the Church does when she baptizes and applies the Trinitarian baptismal formula while pouring water over the person's head.
TRUE OR FALSE: Confirmation has always been a separate sacrament that stood on its own.
TRUE OR FALSE: Being baptized entitles each member of the Church to other spiritual resources of the Church, including the right to receive the sacraments for which they are eligible.
TRUE OR FALSE: Because Baptism forgives only Original Sin, the forgiveness of personal sin must wait until the new Catholic receives the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.
TRUE OR FALSE: Every unbaptized person, whether a child or an adult, is eligible for Baptism.