Inter-Faith Series, Confirmation: What is the difference between the Western and Eastern practice of ...?

Question

Confirmation? Which one emphasizes unity and which one emphasizes communion?

My last question for the day. Thanks to all who answered my questions. God bless!

Answer 1

Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, and Anglicans, view it as a sacrament, which in the East is conferred on infants immediately after baptism, but in the West is usually administered later at the age of reason or in early adolescence.

In the Latin-Rite (i.e., Western) Catholic Church, the sacrament is customarily conferred only on persons old enough to understand it, and the ordinary minister of confirmation is a bishop. Only for a serious reason may the diocesan bishop delegate a priest to administer the sacrament.

In Eastern Catholic Churches, the usual minister of this sacrament is the parish priest, using olive oil consecrated by a bishop (i.e., chrism), and administering the sacrament immediately after baptism.

The practice of the Eastern Churches gives greater emphasis to the unity of Christian initiation.

The Latin Church more clearly expresses the communion of the new Christian with the bishop as guarantor and servant of the unity, catholicity and apostolicity of his Church, and hence the connection with the apostolic origins of Christ's Church.

Answer 2

Eastern Confirmation or Chrismation,administered right after Baptism in the same ceremony, comes before Communion(also done at the Baptism ceremony) which is administered usually for infants under the sign of wine only.

I would say both Western and Eastern practices of Confirmation emphasize both unity and communion(koinonia)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Do you really want to understand religion..or would you rather understand God. They are different.