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The part where you publicly promise to keep believing what you were already told to believe.
means A religious rite in which a young person formally affirms the faith they were baptized into, usually marked by a ritual before the congregation.
from From Latin confirmare, 'to make firm or strengthen' — con- ('thoroughly') plus firmare ('to strengthen,' from firmus, 'firm, steady'). The church borrowed the word for the sacrament meant to 'strengthen' a believer's faith and ties to the church, a sense that settled into English by the late medieval period.
- origin
- Catholic sacrament marking adult commitment to baptismal vows
- the slap
- old bishop tradition symbolizing readiness to defend the faith
- timing
- usually early teens, prime age for existential doubt
- secular cousin
- many Lutheran and Jewish traditions have similar coming-of-age rites