Catechism Paragraph 1305
Part 2:
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
Section 2: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Chapter 1: THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
Article 2: THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
Section 2: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Chapter 1: THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
Article 2: THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
This "character" perfects the common priesthood of the faithful, received in Baptism, and "the confirmed person receives the power to profess faith in Christ publicly and as it were officially (quasi ex officio)."[120]
š Footnotes
[120]
St. Thomas Aquinas, STh III, 72, 5, ad 2.