Can one be a Roman Catholic with the Sacrament on Confirmation?

Question

What is that status of a person who has completed the Roman Catholic rituals of Baptism, First Communion, and Confession but not Confirmation. Its important to note that Confirmation was not done at this individuals own request when he was 11 or 12.

So is this person technically still a Catholic?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Yes, this person is a Catholic. He or she has the right to be married (or buried) with the full blessing of the Church.

But this person has have yet to reach their full potential.

To be a fully initiated Catholic, you need to receive the three Sacraments of Initiation, Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist.

Your diocese will give classes in preparation for Confirmation several times a year. Contact your local parish office for more information.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

--Is Catholic

According to the teachings of the Church, baptism is what makes an individual Catholic. Confirmation is the fulfilling of the individual's baptismal promises, and bestows upon the individual full rights and responsibilities as a member of the particular Rite of the Catholic Faith. It also fulfills the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Now let me say that if an individual rejects confirmation, not because he/she is not ready but because he/she rejects some aspect of the faith, he/she should not partake in the sacraments until the individual wishes to be in communion with the Church. The individual cannot have it both ways, either accept in total the Church and what she offers, or reject her. Anything halfway is disingenuous, and can be an occasion for profaning the sacraments, especially that of the Eucharist, which is the living sign of the communion of Christ's faithful.

FYI according to the Catholic faith, it is impossible to become "not Catholic". The mark of baptism is ontological and permanent, eternally changing the nature of the individual. A baptized individual might be in bad standing, a schismatic, heretic, apostate, or dead and in hell, but the individual is always a Catholic.

Answer 3

if you want to be you are. i am of the catholic religion(but my inate faith has no specific name) by the way so i am not be flippant. a lot changed inside the catholic religion during vatican 2..and it is just being put into play now after only about 30 some odd years...If you choose not to confirm the religion that you were baptised into as an infant at the early untried age of 11 or 12 you were probably much wiser than your friends...I took confirmation myself at an older age..