CraicRock28
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I looked it up and it’s kind of vague:Is it true that you have to take conversion classes/be considered a convert if baptism was the only sacrament you received til adulthood? What if he also did his holy communion while still a kid, and only missed out on confirmation?
RCIA is for adults who want to be baptized, baptized Christians of other faith traditions who are interested in learning more about the Catholic faith or becoming Catholic, and baptized Catholics who have not yet received their first Communion and/or Confirmation.
The “and/or” is throwing me off, but my guess would be that even those that have received Communion would need to convert if they haven’t received Confirmation since that is the sacrament that seals one’s Baptism.
Confirmation in Roman Catholicism is the same sacrament as Chrismation in the Eastern Orthodox Church, but the Catholics do their sacraments out of order. In order to commune in Orthodoxy, you must be Chrismated and you must be Chrismated in order to be considered in full communion with the Orthodox Church (infants baptized into the EO Church are Chrismated and Communed at the time of Baptism).
Because they are the same sacrament, it stands to reason that a Catholic must be Confirmed in order to be considered in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. If you want to get married in the RCC, one party must be a Confirmed Catholic. Even if both people were baptized Catholic and received their first Communion as children, if neither of them were Confirmed, the RCC will not conduct the sacrament of Marriage. If they are dead set on marrying in the RCC, one or both of them will have to take RCIA classes and get Confirmed first.
Because they are the same sacrament, it stands to reason that a Catholic must be Confirmed in order to be considered in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. If you want to get married in the RCC, one party must be a Confirmed Catholic. Even if both people were baptized Catholic and received their first Communion as children, if neither of them were Confirmed, the RCC will not conduct the sacrament of Marriage. If they are dead set on marrying in the RCC, one or both of them will have to take RCIA classes and get Confirmed first.