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CONFIRM; CONFIRMATION kon-furm, konfer-ma'-shun: In the Old Testament represented by several Hebrew words, generally with reference to an increase of external strength, as "c. the feeble knees" (Isa 35:3); "c. the kingdom" (2 Ki 15:19); "c. inheritance" (Ps 68:9). In the New Testament, this external, objective sense is expressed by bebaioo, as in Mk 16:20; Rom 15:8. The strengthening of mind, purpose, conviction, i.e. the inner or subjective sense (Acts 14:22; 15:32,41) corresponds to episterizo. Used also of ratifying or making valid (kuroo) a covenant (Gal 3:15). The noun is used in the second sense (Heb 6:16; Phil 1:7). Confirmation, the rite, in some denominations, of admission to the full communion of the church, which the Roman church has elevated to the place of a sacrament, has only ecclesiastical, but no Scriptural, authority. It is grounded, however, in the Scriptural precedent of the laying on of hands after baptism. See HANDS, IMPOSITION, LAYING ON OF. H. E. Jacobs |
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'CONFIRM; CONFIRMATION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.
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