What is confirmation?

Question

What is confirmation?

I am non-religious and do not know what this is.....

Do all religious people do confirmation? or which religions do? and people in the religion do they all do it?

Answer 1

Most Christians do this. Especially the churches that baptize children and babies. When the children are of the age of reason, meaning that they know right from wrong, age 7/8 and up. They go to a special ceremony at church in which the Bishop presides. The Bishop lays hands on their heads and confirms them in the faith. This is when the child accepts the faith himself by renewing his baptismal vows. An adult coming into the faith often has his baptism and confirmation occur together.

Answer 2

different churches have 'confirmation' classes for people to 'confirm' their belief in what that church teaches.... some churches use it as 'membership' into their church.... others as the 'senior year' of sunday school, and once confirmed, you don't need to do any bible studies anymore.....

I know that lutherans, catholics, united church of Christ and methodists all have confirmation classes.... because I have attended these churches before.... I am not sure which other ones do.

I am a Christian, but I do not consider myself of a 'religion'.... for it is the religious zealots who nailed Jesus to the cross... I prefer to follow Jesus and not some man made church

Answer 3

Good question. I know that the Catholic church and the Lutheran church offer Cathecism training to children. In the Lutheran chuch, for example, this training centers on the six doctrines of the Christian church - The commandments, the creed, the Lord's prayer, baptism, communion, and the office of the keys. When you complete this one to two year course you enter into communicant membership in the church by being confirmed, a simple celebration of your having sucessfully completed a course of cathecism training.

Answer 4

Confirmation is practiced by the Catholic and Orthodox religions with some others like High Methodist and Anglicans also practicing it. It is one of the 7 sacraments and practiced world wide by these different religions.
It is the acceptance of the Holy Spirit, ones promise to abide to the Church and also to spreading of the Gospel.
In the Roman Catholic faith is done when one begins adulthood 15-17 years old more or less, similar to a bah mitzvah. Most orthodox Churches perform the Baptism and Confirmation at the same time, when young.
That is confirmation 101. Thanks for the question. God bless.

Answer 5

It's a Christian ceremony where a person renews their Baptismal vows, when they reach the age where they can make their own decisions about God. Usually occurs between the ages of 11 and 14.