CCC 1295
Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH›CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION›II. The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation
By this anointing the confirmand receives the "mark," the seal of the Holy Spirit. A seal is a symbol of a person, a sign of personal authority, or ownership of an oblect. Hence soldiers were marked with their leader's seal and slaves with their master's. A seal authenticates a juridical act or document and occasionally makes it secret.
Footnotes
- Cf ⇒ Gen 38:18; ⇒ 41:42; ⇒ Deut 32:34; CT 8:6.
- Cf. ⇒ 1 Kings 21:8; ⇒ Jer 32:10; ⇒ Isa 29:11.
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