<P> In the early Church, through the Middle Ages, confirmation was closely linked with baptism and it was often performed on infants before their first birthday, but in some churches, the minimal age of 10 years comes into play . Like baptism, confirmation was an act for which the parents were held responsible . Two synods held in England during the thirteenth century differed over whether confirmation had to be administered within one year after birth, or within three years . Confirmation became a much more important rite when concerns about understanding and faith grew, in particular following the Reformation . </P> <P> After the Fourth Lateran Council, Communion, which continued to be given only after Confirmation, was to be administered only on reaching the age of reason . Some time after the 13th century, the age of Confirmation and Communion began to be delayed further, from seven, to twelve and to fifteen . The 1917 Code of Canon Law, while recommending that Confirmation be delayed until about seven years of age, allowed it be given at an earlier age . Only on 30 June 1932 was official permission given to change the traditional order of the three sacraments of Christian initiation: the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments then allowed, where necessary, that Confirmation be administered after first Holy Communion . This novelty, originally seen as exceptional, became more and more the accepted practice . Thus, in the mid-20th century, Confirmation began to be seen as an occasion for professing personal commitment to the faith on the part of someone approaching adulthood . </P> <P> However, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1308 warns: "Although Confirmation is sometimes called the' sacrament of Christian maturity,' we must not confuse adult faith with the adult age of natural growth, nor forget that the baptismal grace is a grace of free, unmerited election and does not need' ratification' to become effective ." </P> <P> On the canonical age for confirmation in the Latin or Western Catholic Church, the present (1983) Code of Canon Law, which maintains unaltered the rule in the 1917 Code, specifies that the sacrament is to be conferred on the faithful at about the age of discretion (generally taken to be about 7), unless the episcopal conference has decided on a different age, or there is a danger of death or, in the judgement of the minister, a grave reason suggests otherwise (canon 891 of the Code of Canon Law). The Code prescribes the age of discretion also for the sacraments of Penance and first Holy Communion . </P>

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