Confirmation (Lutheran Church)
Confirmation in the Lutheran Church is a public profession of faith prepared for by long and careful instruction. In English, it may also be referred to as "affirmation of baptism", and is a mature and public reaffirmation of the faith which "marks the completion of the congregation's program of confirmation ministry". Scriptural background Lutherans, Lutherans reject the Roman Catholic teaching that Confirmation is based on Biblical precedents such as Acts of the Apostles 8:14-17. Contrary to popular opinion, the utheran Churchlacks a universally accepted definition of confirmation and a consistent approach to it. It unanimously rejected the oman Catholicview...but was not in agreement as to whether the rite should be eestablished eformed or abolished. Description ''An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism'' states: Confirmation is a public rite of the Church preceded by a period of instruction designed to help baptized Christians identify with the life and missio ...
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