Confirmation

3. “When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baprized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.”
4. Confirmation and Baptism were celebrated in the same liturgy in the early Church...
5. Renewal of life and a new covenant with God that has come about through Jesus Christ. God will bring us back to life by giving us his spirit (Holy Spirit at Pentecost).
7. What did those who believed and were baptized receive?
11. It strengthens the new life received in Baptism given through Confirmation
13. John 14:16 - What name does Jesus give to the Holy Spirit?
14. 1. Strong driving wind 2. Tongues of fire
16. He testifies confirming that Jesus was the Messiah when the Holy Spirit descended upon him at his Baptism and remained.

1. When does Jesus send the Holy Spirit upon the Church?
2. It emphasizes that the Sacrament strengthens the communion of the newly confirmed with the bishop and the highlights the connection of the Sacrament with the apostolic origins of the Church.
6. Where on the body is the person anointed in Confirmation?
8. Did the Holy Spirit have an immediate effect on the Apostles?
9. When does Jesus promise to send the Holy Spirit?
10. From the family of David, would come a Messiah whom the Spirit of God would rest.
12. Can a Catholic receive Confirmation more than once?
15. under the Holy Spirit the Church grew and developed...