Talk:Confirmation in the Catholic Church

Age
The "Western Church" discussion re age at confirmation seems to imply a very early age. The practice in the United States, however, seems to be to administer the sacrament in the teenage years, a reality completely ignored by the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.89.213.86 (talk) 05:28, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Point of contention
There seems to be a point of contention between myself and DocofSoc. I changed this article to reflect the practice as I knew in the 1950's of administering this sacrament in the United States to about children about the age of nine or ten. For parochial school students, this was automatically done in the third grade. I knew this to be the widespread practice in the United States. DocofSoc contends that his own experience is normative, and reverted my edit back to his own. I challenged him to provide documentation for his experience as being normative for the period. He chose not to respond to this challenge, instead he responded to my umbrage at being lectured at. I raise this issue because I know the difference between normative practice and exceptions. My own parish had Mass with the priest facing the people around 1960, years before this became an acceptable practice. We knew, however, that we had an exceptional permission to do this, and it was not standard practice. I wonder if DoS' own experience might fall under this situation and he is not aware of it. Regardless, I have tried to research this issue and can't find any documented information. Can anyone help? P.S. He says he was confirmed in 1960 while in the eighth grade. I was confirmed during the 1950's while in the third grade. Whose experience was more normative? Inquiring minds want to know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel the Monk (talk • contribs) 23:57, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Reason For This Page...?
Why was this page created, when there already IS a page on Confirmation?--Splashen (talk) 04:23, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

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Description Lacking
The description (and article as a whole) covers the theological/ceremonial significance of the ritual. However, it does not really describe what people do, say, and wear during the process. What does a confirmation ceremony look like, and what are the typical elements? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.126.51.51 (talk) 15:28, 2 April 2019 (UTC)


 * An especially egregious omission is any mention of the Confirmation Name.
 * Nuttyskin (talk) 11:31, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * This may be because the article focuses on theological statements. Corresponding information, although not easy to find, can be found in religious name. I tried to made an appropriate extension.--Medusahead (talk) 10:34, 30 October 2023 (UTC)