I. Statement of the Definition

7. And on the supposition that the total foundation of the relation (which relation is formal in this sacrament) is an anointing determined by many other requisite conditions, the following idea can be assigned to it:

“Confirmation or the sacrament of confirmation is the anointing of a man a wayfarer, in some way consenting or having never used free choice, put on the forehead in the shape of a cross, with blessed chrism, and this by a suitable minister with due intention in the anointing, speaking certain words, efficaciously signifying by divine institution the anointing of the soul by strengthening grace for confessing with confidence the faith of Christ.”