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From: "Linda McDaniel" <>
Subject: FW: RE: [PABERKS] What does church confirmation mean?
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 08:10:39 -0400

Confirmation is a "rite of passage" similar to a bar mitzvah in the Jewish
tradition.
Observed in the Catholic Church and the more liturgical main line
denominations
(Lutheran, Episcopal, etc.), it is a confirmation by the young person
of the baptismal vows taken by the parents when the child was an infant.
It usually occurs in the middle teen years,
and has been a rite since at least the Medieval period. And yes, it
pretty much
confirms that the child was there.

Cheers,
Linda McDaniel

This thread:

• What does church confirmation mean? by "Bob Keyes" <>
  • Re: [PABERKS] What does church confirmation mean? by Janet Binkley <>

  • FW: RE: [PABERKS] What does church confirmation mean? by "Linda McDaniel" <>