Ce?P. III.] eONrmU?Tm?. 229 Let 118 coilsider-- II. T? ?'urs a? ?-?'?m'?,? ?.,?. 1. It is c?ed conf?ma?on, ?cause ?t p?fesses ? ?n? those who d?y receive it. It is ? de?ed ? be "a ?e?em insti- tu?d by Chest ?e Lord, by w?ch ?e Holy Spirit is ?ven ? ?e bspt? cons?nfly ?d ?trepi?y to profess the f? of Chest? Acco?n? to the ?m? CaecUm, ?mation diffe? ?m in the fo?owing m?ner: "As by ?e ?ace of bap?m we are ?go?en ? newness of ?e, ?d by t?t of confi?a?on ?w to fu? ??, '?dng put away ?e t?O of a c?ld,' (1 Cot. ?i, 11,) we c? hence sufficiendy comprehend that ?e s?e &fiefence w?ch in �e n? order e? between birth ?d ?o?, e?s? al? in the su?mat?, between bap?sm, which regenerates, and co?mation, w?ch imp? full ?omh and perfect spid?l stren?." 2. In pr?f ?hat ?nfi?afion is a s?r?ent, decrees of council, ?fi?, ?d Scgpt?e are adduced. ?e decrees of counc?s c?not be admitted ? au?o?tafive by rust,m; ?d Roman Ca?o?cs never &d ?d never c? prove ?ek dec,ions w be ?f?ible. The foHo?ng' ?x? of Sc?pmre are duced: "Then they laid hands on ?em, and they received ?e Holy Ghost,"Ac? ?, 14. "?d when Paul laid his ?n? Holy Sp?t came u?n ?em, and ?ey sp?e wi? ?n?es ?d pwphe- sied," Ac? ?, 6. He who ca,fully conside? thcse p?sages w?l ?ily ?rceive ?at they do not ?ach ?e ?rament of co?a?on, ? held in ?e ?m? Church. Therefore a ?icdar ex?afiou of them is ?nec?sa?. 3. The Roman Catechism (p. 1?) ?sens that CMist insfitu?d ?s sacrament. "He (the ?wr) ?ll accordingly info? them, that not ?ly w? it ?fitu?d by our ? Jesus C?t, but, ? St. Fabian, bishop of Rome, testifies, the c?sm and ?e wo?s ?ed in its ?- nistratioh were also ap?inted by him; a fact of easy p?f w those who believe con,marion to ? a sacrament, for ?l the sacred myste- ?es are beyond ?e ?wer of man, and co?d have ?eu ?sfim?d by ? ?one."Here ?e sophist? of ?is authod?tive Catchism is ?es? as ?e ?f ?at this sacrament w? instituted by Chgsq is ? from the cred?ty of ?e i?o?t l--it ? a fact of e?y pr?f those who beheve confi?ation ? be a s?mment. Cen?� there is no Scrip?e w?t W show that it is one. Hence among Rom? ?melves t?re is much &vemity of opi?on respecting ?e ? when �e ?sfitufion ?k place, some refe?ng it m a council, ?e? W ?e !? super, o?e? w ?e time between the resu?c?on and asceu?on.* III. ? ? ? ? is c?m, a combed subs?nce m?e of o? of o?ves and b?- ?, and conaccrued by a b?hop. T?, ?ey say, represen? m?old ?ces of ?e Spi? and ?e exc?ence of ?e sac?enu earachesira quamdam, qut adolescentira proximi ?ei sum rationera corem eccloeh ?. ponebent; anatlmma ?it." . # C, mtmt S. 8i quis dixerit, injurio? ease Spiritui 8sncto eos qui ?am ?onfirmationi? chzismati virtutem aliquam tribuunt; L*mtherna sit.'* C,,mm 3. St qum dixerit, oanctm confirmationis ordinarium ministrum non esse solum episcopum, sed quemvis 8implicera sacerdotem; anathema ait."?il. Trid., 8eeL 7.
- See Dem de Confirm., No. O, vol. v, p. ?,50.
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