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Those who believed in the apostolic preaching
and were baptized received the gift of the Holy
Spirit in their turn (cf. Acts 2:38 ).
Is
that how Confirmation as a sacrament started???
From
the Catechism, para. 1288:
From
that time on the apostles, in fulfillment of Christ's
will, imparted to the newly baptized by the laying
on of hands the gift of the Spirit that completes
the grace of Baptism.... The imposition of hands
is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition
as the origin of the Sacrament of Confirmation,
which in a certain way perpetuates the grace of
Pentecost in the Church (cf. Acts 8:15-17;
Acts 19:5-6;
Heb 6:2).
What's
imparted to us by Confirmation?
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