| In the early days of the Church when a person had been baptised they immediately went to stand in front of the bishop who would lay his hands on their head and pray that the Holy Spirit would confirm (strengthen) them in the faith they had been baptised in. Gradually confirmation became a separate service, mainly because as the Church grew bishops covered an area rather than just one church and so could not get to every baptism.
Confirmation involves a commitment from the person being confirmed – they commit themselves to following Jesus as his disciple. Confirmation is administered by a Bishop. It is not appropriate to ask children to make the sort of commitment involved, so Confirmation is rarely given to anyone under 11 years. Like Baptism, you can never be too old to be confirmed.
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