Catholic Doctrine: The Sacrament of Confirmation (1)

By giving him the Holy Ghost, it imprints on his soul the character of a soldier of Christ and makes him a perfect Christian, since it perfects the virtues and gifts received at Baptism. 

Having been made a soldier of Christ, the confirmed Catholic is able to fight for the Faith and defend the Church. He is strengthened to confess the Faith both in word and in works.

“Now when the Apostles, who were in Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John. Who, when they were come, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost. For He was not as yet come upon any of them; but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost” (Acts 8:14-17).

The seven gifts of the Holy Ghost received in the sacrament of Confirmation are: Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord.