Baptism
The Church celebrates Baptism with the use of what two things?
Water and oil.
What Old Testament story prefigures Baptism?
The flood in Genesis cleanses the entire world of sin.
What two essential signs make up the matter of the Sacrament of Confirmation.
The laying on of hands and the anointing with oil.
What does Confirmation activate within the person?
Their unique capacity for living out the mission of Jesus Christ in their life.
When the Church baptizes an infant, what does it require the parents to do?
To make a promise to raise their child in the Catholic Faith.
Why is water used in Baptism?
Sin is a form of spiritual uncleanliness and God uses water to purify us of sin as a way of renewing His covenant with us.
By the words of Baptism, what is a person declared to be and what is granted to them?
A person is declared to be a child of God and is granted the gift of spiritual adoption.
What oil is used in Confirmation?
Chrism Oil.
In the East, when is Confirmation celebrated?
It is immediately after Baptism within the same liturgical celebration.
When the Holy Spirit enters the soul, the holy and spiritual union leaves what kind of mark on the person's soul?
An indelible mark.
What does a baptismal candle represent?
The Light of Christ.
What does the seal or mark of Baptism signify and who's protection do we live under?
It signifies that we belong to God, and live under the protection of His household.
To receive Confirmation, one must have received which Sacrament first?
Baptism.
What is Confirmation not?
A ceremony.
What do we inherit from our first parents?
Spiritual poverty.
What does Oil signify?
The healing effect of Baptism that heals us of both Original and personal sin.
Baptism always includes what?
A Liturgy of the Word.
How many times is the Sacrament of Confirmation celebrated?
Once.
What is the anointed confirmand a sharer of?
Christ’s threefold ministry of priesthood, prophecy, and kingship.
The Holy Spirit gives us the theological virtues. What are they?
Faith, hope, charity, and all the moral virtues.
What does the white garment a person being Baptized wears symbolize?
It represents the newness of life into which the person is baptized.
At the end of the ritual ceremony of Baptism the person is called a neophyte, which means one who is newly initiated. What are they newly initiated into?
They are newly initiated into the sacred mysteries of Christ’s Death and Resurrection.
What is a Confirmand?
A person who is to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.
How does every disciple of Jesus express the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
Through their own personality.
Salvation is not automatic upon the reception of what?
The Sacrament of Baptism.