Course
Other courses
Semester
Fall
Instructor's Name
Timothy Gabrielli
Year
2023
Writing Process
Note: This paper was selected to receive the 2024 Father Jack McGrath, S.M., Award for Research in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.
For this article, I sought to explore the meaning of and use for the sacrament of confirmation in the Catholic Church. To do so, I first began with a philosophical claim about God's grace with the help of Louis-Marie Chauvet. Then, I continued on to conduct a historical investigation of the sacrament, particularly from the early church to the Middle Ages. Then, I carefully read the current rite and order of the sacrament, while also observing two confirmation masses virtually. Finally, I explored contemporary thoughts on confirmation within the Catholic Church in America. I pieced all of these pieces (past, present, and future) to both determine and defend the value and dignity of confirmation in the church, especially in American culture.
Recommended Citation
Graziano, Maria
(2024)
"The Gift of the Holy Spirit: The Church’s Journey with the Sacrament of Confirmation,"
Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing: Vol. 10:
Iss.
2, Article 11.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/lxl/vol10/iss2/11