
On the Extraordinary Minister of Sacraments and the Sacrament of Penance
Sed Contra: A Podcast of Catholic Theology
The Extraordinary Minister of Holy Community
The priest the presbyter is an extraordinary minister of confirmation he can confirm but only if delegated by the bishop to do so. I wonder if there's something analogous to the sacrament of penance there in the sacrament of confirmation granted that our experience of how the segments are actually conferred day-to-day between those two is very different. The church uses the word original minister of the sacrament for the bishop as opposed to ordinary minister to respect the practice of a presbyter typically conferring confirmation in the Eastern churches.
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