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 The Sacraments of Christian Initiation
An excerpt fromThe Catechism of the Catholic Church:

- The Sacrament of Baptism
- What is This Sacrament Called?
- Baptism in the Economy of Salvation
- How is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?
- Who can Receive Baptism?
- Who can Baptize?
- The Necessity of Baptism
- The Grace of Baptism
- In Brief


 Canons on Baptism
From the Seventh Session of the Council of Trent, 1545-1563.


 Rite of Baptism for Children, Introduction (Second Edition)
Issued by the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship in 1973. For the Rite itself, see:
- Rite for the Baptism of One Child (1970 Missal)


 The Order of Holy Baptism & Holy Chrismation (Byzantine Catholic)
How these sacraments are celebrated in the Byzantine Rite of the Catholic Church.


 Instruction on Infant Baptism
Issued in 1980 by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.


 Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, Introduction
Issued in 1987 by the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments.


 Christian Initiation, General Introduction
A 1988 document of the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments.


  On the Validity of Baptism Conferred by "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints," called "Mormons"
Issued in 2001 by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Confirmation

 The Sacraments of Christian Initiation
An excerpt fromThe Catechism of the Catholic Church:

- The Sacrament of Confirmation
- Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation
- The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation
- The Effects of Confirmation
- Who can Receive This Sacrament?
- The Minister of Confirmation
- In Brief

 Canons on Confirmation
From the Seventh Session of the Council of Trent, 1545-1563.

 The Order of Holy Baptism & Holy Chrismation (Byzantine Catholic)
How these sacraments are celebrated in the Byzantine Rite of the Catholic Church.


 Age of Confirmation: When Local and Universal Law Conflict
A 1999 document of the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship.


 Some Reflections on Confirmation
Written for L'Osservatore Romano in 1978, by Cardinal John Wright, then-Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy. A quote: "One hears this idea of militancy sometimes soft-toned in these days of dreams and programs of peace, but the Christian life remains a battle from the beginning to the end, and Confirmation provides the special grace to wage that battle and to remain faithful to the graces of the other Sacraments."