If anyone says that the confirmation of those baptized is an empty ceremony and not a true and proper sacrament;

Seventh session, canons on baptism:

·          “If anyone says that in the Roman Church, which is the mother and mistress of all churches, there is not the true doctrine concerning the sacrament of baptism,

LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons on Baptism, Canon 3).

·          “If anyone says that baptism is optional, that is, not necessary for salvation,

LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons on Baptism, Canon 5).

·          “If anyone says that children, because they have not the act of believing,

are not after having received baptism to be numbered among the faithful,

and that for this reason are to be rebaptized when they have reached the years of discretion;

or that it is better that the baptism of such be omitted than that, while not believing by their own act, they should be baptized in the faith of the Church alone,

LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons on Baptism, Canon 13).

Seventh session, canons on confirmation:

“If anyone says that the confirmation of those baptized is an empty ceremony and not a true and proper sacrament;

or that of old it was nothing more than a sort of instruction, whereby those approaching adolescence gave an account of their faith to the Church,

LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons on Confirmation, Canon 1).