Original scientific paper

Why the sacrament of Confirmation? An Essay on the Response of Faith, the Gift of Love and Call to Freedom

Ante Mateljan orcid.org/0000-0001-6481-364X ; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet, Sveučilište u Splitu

Abstract

Starting from the sacramental structure of salvation history, in this essay the fundamental aspects of the sacramental worship of the Church are viewed from the perspective of the sacrament of Christian mission - confirmation. The first part offers the anthropological and theological foundations of faith, and the growth and mission, which proceeds from faith. The second part analyzes the relationship with God and the realization of the human person in the dimension of love, especially under the guise of sacramental grace and the gift of the Holy Spirit as God's self-gift in the Church. The third section looks at freedom to which God invites man, giving him the opportunity to cooperate in achieving a "new world".

Keywords

the sacrament of confirmation; faith; freedom; love; gift of the Holy Spirit

Hrčak ID:

113112

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/113112

Publication date:

8.12.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian german

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