From here, Chick begins an attack on the Sacrament of Confirmation.   He references one particular work, A Practical Catholic Dictionary , which was edited by Jessie Corrigan Pegis.   I will at times reference Pegis’s work for this particular topic, since Chick does as well.   But first, it would first be best to briefly explain the Sacrament of Confirmation. Confirmation             Confirmation is one of the three sacraments of Christian initiation (the other two are Baptism and the Eucharist). [1]   Confirmation “strengthens” a person’s connection to the Church, hence its meaning in Latin, [2] and its understanding as a sacrament comes from the Gospel of John and the Book of Acts (John 7:37-39, 15:26, 16:7-15, 20:22; Acts 8:14-17). The bishop is usually the celebrant of this sacrament, but not always. [3]  ...