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Previously called the Roman Catechism, The Catechism of the Council of Trent is considered by many to be the most important Catholic catechism. Although originally designed as a resource for parish priests to provide instruction, it is now used extensively by laypeople as a source of core Catholic theology. It contains the basic tenets of the Catholic faith, providing clear explanations of what...

of confirmation, it is hence clearly inferred, that the nature of this sacrament is different from baptism. Hence Pope Melchiades accurately evolves the difference between them, writing as follows: In baptism man is enlisted into the service, in confirmation he is equipped for battle: at the baptismal font the Holy Ghost imparts fulness to accomplish innocence, but in confirmation he ministers perfection to augment grace: in baptism we are regenerated unto life; after baptism we are fortified for
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