Spirit of Truth, High School > Course V > Unit 2
Chapter 6: The Celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation
In Confirmation, the Holy Spirit descends on the disciple and empowers him or her to heroically live the Faith.
In Confirmation, the Holy Spirit descends on the disciple and empowers him or her to heroically live the Faith.
Through Confirmation, we receive the supernatural capacity of charity, which conquers evil in the world.
The Church is one because God Himself is one.
The authority, doctrine, and liturgies possessed and taught by the Apostles have been handed on to every age through Scripture and Tradition.
New Age Spirituality is an eclectic combination of beliefs and practices, some of which resemble Hinduism and Buddhism, as well as certain ancient Christian heresies such as Gnosticism.
The Church teaches that salvation is possible for those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church.
Evangelization is the means by which the Church carries out her mission of salvation.
When we engage in interreligious dialogue, the Church calls us to acknowledge, preserve, and encourage the good spiritual and moral things in others, always with prudence and love and in witness to the Christian life.
Beginning in the last century, efforts have been made by the Catholic Church and non-Catholic Christians to enter into dialogue aimed toward unity.
Happiness is only fully satisfied when we enter Heaven and live in union with God forever.
Following the grueling years of war and turmoil, the world and the Church needed renewal to move forward.