"A Welcoming Community of Faith Rooted in the Catholic Tradition"

 






Home
Parish Locations
Returning Catholics
Religious Orders & Societies
Ministry to Veterans
Marriage
Protecting the People of God
ECC Policies & Procedures
Church Calendar
ECC Photo Gallery
Request for Masses
Speakers Bureau
Church Archives
Bishop's Meeting
St. John Evangelist Seminary

 Canon Six

Code of Canon Law
of the
Evangelical Catholic Church

Canon 6:  Confirmation

6.1 The Sacrament of Confirmation impresses a character and by it the baptized, continuing on the path of Christian initiation, are enriched by the gift of the Holy Spirit and bound more perfectly to the Church; it strengthens them and obliges them more firmly to be witnesses to Christ by word and deed and to spread and defend the faith.

6.2    The Sacrament of Confirmation is conferred through the anointing with chrism on the forehead, which is done by the imposition of the hand, and through the words prescribed in the approved liturgical books.

6.3    The chrism to be used in the Sacrament of Confirmation must be consecrated by a bishop, even if the sacrament is administered by a presbyter.

6.4    It is desirable that the Sacrament of Confirmation be celebrated in a church and during Mass, but for a just and reasonable cause it may be celebrated outside of the norm and in any worthy place.

6.5    The ordinary minister of the Sacrament of Confirmation is a bishop or someone delegated by the local ordinary.

6.6    All baptized persons who have not been confirmed and only they are capable of receiving confirmation.

6.7    Outside the danger of death, to be licitly confirmed it is required, if the person has the use of reason, that one be suitable instructed, properly disposed and able to renew one's baptismal promise.

6.8    The faithful are obliged to receive this sacrament at the appropriate time, their parents/guardians and shepherds of souls, especially pastors, are to see to it that the faithful are properly instructed to receive it and approach the sacrament at the appropriate time.

6.9    The Sacrament of Confirmation is to be conferred on the faithful at about the age of discretion or unless a grave cause urges otherwise.

6.10   Sponsors for the one to be confirmed should be present; it is for the sponsor to see that the confirmed person acts as a true witness to Christ and faithfully fulfills the obligations connected with this sacrament.

Return to Canon Law Main Page

 

National Church Office
Post Office Box 178388  Chicago Illinois  60617-8388
(T)  773-721-5383   (F)  773-721-2581

evcathchurch@evangelicalcatholicchurch.org
©2011

Website designed by: Quest Network Services
(c) Copyright 2011