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 CeP. III.] eONrmUTm. 229 Let 118 coilsider-- II. T 'urs a -'m', .,. 1. It is ced confmaon, cause t pfesses  n those who dy receive it. It is  deed  be "a eem insti- tud by Chest e Lord, by wch e Holy Spirit is ven  e bspt consnfly d trepiy to profess the f of Chest? Accon to the m CaecUm, mation diffe m in the foowing mner: "As by e ace of bapm we are goen  newness of e, d by tt of confiaon w to fu , 'dng put away e tO of a cld,' (1 Cot. i, 11,) we c hence sufficiendy comprehend that e se &fiefence wch in �e n order e between birth d o, es al in the sumat, between bapsm, which regenerates, and comation, wch imp full omh and perfect spidl stren." 2. In prf hat nfiafion is a srent, decrees of council, fi, d Scgpte are adduced. e decrees of councs cnot be admitted  auotafive by rust,m; d Roman Caocs never &d d never c prove ek dec,ions w be fible. The foHong' x of Scpmre are duced: "Then they laid hands on em, and they received e Holy Ghost,"Ac , 14. "d when Paul laid his n Holy Spt came un em, and ey spe wi nes d pwphe- sied," Ac , 6. He who ca,fully conside thcse psages wl ily rceive at they do not ach e rament of coaon,  held in e m Church. Therefore a icdar exafiou of them is necsa. 3. The Roman Catechism (p. 1) sens that CMist insfitud s sacrament. "He (the wr) ll accordingly info them, that not ly w it fitud by our  Jesus Ct, but,  St. Fabian, bishop of Rome, testifies, the csm and e wos ed in its - nistratioh were also apinted by him; a fact of easy pf w those who believe con,marion to  a sacrament, for l the sacred myste- es are beyond e wer of man, and cod have eu sfimd by  one."Here e sophist of is authodtive Catchism is es as e f at this sacrament w instituted by Chgsq is  from the credty of e iot l--it  a fact of ey prf those who beheve confiation  be a smment. Cen� there is no Scripe wt W show that it is one. Hence among Rom melves tre is much &vemity of opion respecting e  when �e sfitufion k place, some refeng it m a council, e W e ! super, oe w e time between the resucon and asceuon.* III.     is cm, a combed subsnce me of o of oves and b- , and conaccrued by a bhop. T, ey say, represen mold ces of e Spi and e excence of e sacenu earachesira quamdam, qut adolescentira proximi ei sum rationera corem eccloeh . ponebent; anatlmma it." . # C, mtmt S. 8i quis dixerit, injurio ease Spiritui 8sncto eos qui am onfirmationi chzismati virtutem aliquam tribuunt; L*mtherna sit.'* C,,mm 3. St qum dixerit, oanctm confirmationis ordinarium ministrum non esse solum episcopum, sed quemvis 8implicera sacerdotem; anathema ait."il. Trid., 8eeL 7. 1
 * See Dem de Confirm., No. O, vol. v, p. ,50.

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