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On the canonical age for confirmation in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, the present (1983) Code of Canon Law, which maintains unaltered the rule in the 1917 Code, specifies that the sacrament is to be conferred on the faithful at about 7-18, unless the episcopal conference has decided on a different age, or there is a danger of death ...
Now part of Holy Apostles Parish [133] St. John the Worker Church, 1 Maquan St, Hanson: Now part of Holy Apostles Parish [133] Holy Family 601 Tremont St, Duxbury: Founded in 1945, current church dedicated in 1988 [134] Holy Family 403 Union St, Rockland: Founded in 1882, current church dedicated in 1886 [135] Holy Trinity Parish
Through confirmation, the initiate becomes an official member of the church and receives the gift of the Holy Ghost. [1] Baptism and confirmation are administered to persons at least eight years old (the age of accountability). The ordinance corresponds to the confirmation rite in many other Christian faiths.
Whereas in Western Christian theology, confirmation is seen as completing or sealing of the baptismal covenant, the conferral of full membership, the perfecting one's bond with the Church, and/or the strengthening of gifts of the Holy Ghost to enable the recipient to live the Christian life, in the Eastern Orthodox tradition chrismation is ...
Its arrival was proclaimed by the Apostle Peter. Filled with the Holy Spirit, the apostles began to proclaim "the mighty works of God" (Acts 2:11; Cf. 2:17–18). [16] After this point, the New Testament records the apostles bestowing the Holy Spirit upon others through the laying on of hands.
The parish of Saint Paul was founded in 1866 by John Power, the rector of Saint Anne's Parish. The church was designed by architects E. Boyden & Son, and construction began in the spring of 1868. The first services were held in the basement in 1869. [2]
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In July 2008, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston offered St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church the use of a former parish church in Framingham. After the closure of St. Jeremiah Church was announced in 2005, some of its parishioners began an occupation in protest, which they maintained until 2010.