The Sacrament of Confirmation and Profound Intellectual Disability – A Catholic Perspective
Two reasons can be seemingly identified for the fact that people with profound intellectual disabilities tend not to receive the sacrament of Confirmation. One of them seems to be a misguided and ambivalent perception of such people, either frequently considered” innocent saints” not needing sacrame...
| Published in: | Journal of disability & religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2021
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| In: |
Journal of disability & religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 209-224 |
| Further subjects: | B
Intellectual disability
B Inclusion B Systematic Theology |
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| Summary: | Two reasons can be seemingly identified for the fact that people with profound intellectual disabilities tend not to receive the sacrament of Confirmation. One of them seems to be a misguided and ambivalent perception of such people, either frequently considered” innocent saints” not needing sacraments at all, or perceived unworthy of receiving sacraments. The other reason seems to be a lack of adequate recognition of the importance of the sacrament itself. This text identifies the sacrament of Confirmation as crucial both for the very existence and development of every individual member of Christ’s Body. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-253X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2020.1775754 |