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	Confirmation bias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Confirmation bias is a type of statistical bias describing the tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions.
		In inductive inference, confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias toward confirmation of the hypothesis under study.
		Confirmation bias is a phenomenon wherein decision makers have been shown to actively seek out and assign more weight to evidence that confirms their hypothesis, and ignore or underweight evidence that could disconfirm their hypothesis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Confirmation_bias (608 words)

	Confirmation (sacrament) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Roman Catholic Church confirmation is one of the seven sacraments instituted by Christ for the conferral of sanctifying grace and the strengthening of the union between individual souls and God.
		Confirmation is seen as granting the receiver an extra-natural source of wisdom, knowledge and courage, should the person desire it with an open heart.
		In Protestant churches, confirmation is often called a "rite" rather than a sacrament, and is held to be merely symbolic rather than an effective means of conferring divine grace.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Confirmation_(sacrament) (1054 words)

	Trinity Lutheran Church of Minnehaha Falls Confirmation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Confirmation students are required to perform at least 10 hours of service to their church or community.
		Confirmation at the end of the three years DOES NOT signify graduation from a program; rather, it is a time that the students are given the opportunity to publicly state their personal acceptance of the Christian faith.
		Confirmation class is designed to help the student reach the point where he or she can decide for him or herself whether or not to be confirmed and confess Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
	www.trinityfalls.org /Confirmation.htm (824 words)

	Confirmation
		The catechism introduces confirmation as a sacrament of initiation (1285) and appeals for the safeguarding of its unity with baptism and Eucharist: Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace (1285-1316).
		It is for the sake of the bishop's role that confirmation separated from baptism in the West (1313).
		Although the catechism acknowledges that confirmation is a sacrament of initiation (1285) frequently celebrated together with baptism (1290, 1291), the other practical explanations and theological expressions for the sacrament in this article imagine that "confirmation" refers to that ceremony presided over by the bishop for children baptized into the Catholic church in infancy.
	www.paulturner.org /confirmation.htm (3472 words)

	Catholic Church Confirmation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		REASON: As a Sacrament of perfection, Confirmation, as is appropriate, is administered by the possessors of the fullness of the sacerdotal power, the generals of the militia christiana, the bishops, who thereby impose on the recipients an obligation to wage spiritual warfare.
		The administration by the Bishop strengthens the consciousness of the solidarity of the faithful with the bishop, and thus serves to preserve and reinforce the unity of the Church.
		Since Confirmation is the Sacrament of the Christian adult, the recipient must strive to grow in the grace of spiritual maturity that he has received [Hebrews 5:12-14]; to live fully the grace of his Baptism and to act with complete docility to the Holy Spirit.
	www.iamonetruth.com /confirmation.htm (2597 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Confirmation
		Apart, however, from such controversies the importance of confirmation as a means of grace is so obvious that no earnest Christian will neglect it, and in particular that Christian parents will not fail to see that their children are confirmed.
		They defined that confirmation was not "a vain ceremony but a true and proper sacrament"; and that it was not "in olden days nothing but a sort of catechism in which those who were entering upon youth gave an account of their faith in the face of the Church" (can.
		Confirmation could not be given in the absence of baptism; nor do the effects of baptism depend on confirmation, nor are they lost till death.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04215b.htm (6795 words)

	U.S. Catholic Bishops - Catechism of the Catholic Church
		When Confirmation is celebrated separately from Baptism, as is the case in the Roman Rite, the Liturgy of Confirmation begins with the renewal of baptismal promises and the profession of faith by the confirmands.
		Although Confirmation is sometimes called the "sacrament of Christian maturity," we must not confuse adult faith with the adult age of natural growth, nor forget that the baptismal grace is a grace of free, unmerited election and does not need "ratification" to become effective.
		A candidate for Confirmation who has attained the age of reason must profess the faith, be in the state of grace, have the intention of receiving the sacrament, and be prepared to assume the role of disciple and witness to Christ, both within the ecclesial community and in temporal affairs.
	www.usccb.org /catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt1art2.htm (2538 words)

	CONFIRMATION - LoveToKnow Article on CONFIRMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The words confirm and confirmation are not used in the Bible in this technical sense, which has only grown up since the 5th century, and only in the Western churches of Christendom and in their offshoots, but the rite itself has been practised in th,e Church from the beginning.
		In the East greater emphasis was laid on the anointing with oil, which had long been an adjunct of the laying on of hands: the oil was consecrated by the bishop, and the child anointed or sealed with it by the parish priest, and this was reckoned as its confirmation.
		The West, on the other hand, deferred confirmation, not at first till the child had reached years of discretion, though that afterwards became the theory, but from the necessities of the case.
	64.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/CONFIRMATION.htm (792 words)

	Legal Definition of Confirmation
		To make a valid confirmation, the party must be apprised of his rights, and where there has been a fraud in the transaction, he must be aware of it and intend to confirm his contract.
		As to the latter branch of the definition; whenever a confirmation operates by way of increasing the estate, it is similar in every respect to a release that operates by way of enlargement, for there must be privity of estate and proper words of limitation.
		The proper technical words of a confirmation are, ratify and confirm; although it is usual and prudent to insert also the words given and granted.
	www.lectlaw.com /def/c277.htm (258 words)

	Confirmation Letters
		Confirmation letters should generally be brief and businesslike, but because they are the result of previous contact, you may wish to write with a more personal tone.
		A confirmation letter is also the perfect opportunity to give that person the information he or she needs to benefit fully from the product, correspondence, or event.
		Confirm and clarify a decision or an oral agreement in writing to ensure that all parties share the same understanding and that you have a written record for future reference.
	www.writeexpress.com /confirmation.htm (629 words)

	Catechism of the Catholic Church - PART 2 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 1 ARTICLE 2
		1298 When Confirmation is celebrated separately from Baptism, as is the case in the Roman Rite, the Liturgy of Confirmation begins with the renewal of baptismal promises and the profession of faith by the confirmands.
		1313 In the Latin Rite, the ordinary minister of Confirmation is the bishop.
		1319 A candidate for Confirmation who has attained the age of reason must profess the faith, be in the state of grace, have the intention of receiving the sacrament, and be prepared to assume the role of disciple and witness to Christ, both within the ecclesial community and in temporal affairs.
	www.scborromeo.org /ccc/p2s2c1a2.htm (2572 words)

	Catholic Online - Catholic Life - Prayers - Sacraments of the Catholic Church
		This confirmation in the power of the Holy Spirit leading to a firm profession of faith has always been the particular effect which Catholic tradition has ascribed to the sacrament.
		Confirmation is a true sacrament instituted by Christ and different from baptism.
		The effect of the sacrament of confirmation is to give strength in faith and for the confession of faith and to impress an indelible character.
	www.catholic.org /clife/prayers/sacrament.php?id=3 (225 words)

	Catholic Education: Sealed with the gift of the Spirit
		A good parish confirmation program includes a series of classes with discussion of current social and moral issues, involvement in some kind of service or ministry, active presence in the parish community, special quasi-liturgical ceremonies of acceptance and commitment, pairing of the candidates with “prayer-partners” from the parish, and an overnight or weekend retreat.
		My personal stance in the confirmation debate is based on my understanding of the principles of initiation theology found in the initiation rites and the other Vatican II documents concerned with liturgical reform as well as on more than 25 years of working with teenage confirmation candidates from throughout our diocese.
		The celebration of confirmation becomes an opportunity for young Catholics to confirm and to be confirmed -- to publicly confirm their commitment to God, to the faith community and to the church, and to be confirmed in that faith by the unfailing power of the church and its sacramental rituals.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/032202/032202s.htm (1384 words)

	confirmation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Confirmation is when a girl or boy becomes an adult member of the church.
		Confirmation is the sacrament through which the Holy Spirit comes to us so that we can profess our faith as strong and as perfect as we can.
		Confirmation is the beginning of a new life with Christ.
	www.saskschools.ca /~nwcsd/Sacraments/confirmation.html (221 words)

	The Sacred and the Secular: Confirmation in Norway
		Confirmation in Norway has held a variety of meanings since the introduction of Christianity to the country by Olav Tryggvason.
		Confirmation in the church was mandatory for Norwegian citizens up until 1912, and fairly standard thereafter.
		Couples were not permitted to marry in the eyes of the church or even work without proof of confirmation, generally done between the ages of 14 to 20 years old.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/norwegian_culture/82798 (575 words)

	Confirmation Processing
		Using confirmation processing, a TP sends a confirmation request with the data; the receiving TP confirms receipt of the data or indicates that an error occurred.
		The example of confirmation processing in Table 3 shows two ways of confirming the transfer of data: requesting confirmation after sending the data (by using the CONFIRM verb), and requesting confirmation at the end of a transaction (by requesting confirmation on the DEALLOCATE verb).
		Confirmation can also be requested on the PREPARE_TO_RECEIVE verb; this asks the partner TP to confirm receipt of data, and then begin to send data itself.
	www-306.ibm.com /software/network/commserver/library/publications/csaix_60/dyzl1m12.htm (437 words)

	Catholic Update - Confirmation by Carol Luebering
		Confirmation, administered by the bishop or his delegate, is a personal experience of belonging to a large family of believers.
		Older Catholics remember Confirmation as the moment when their identity was changed: They "received the Holy Spirit" and became "soldiers of Christ." Today Confirmation is often defined as a sacrament of mature Christian commitment.
		Confirmation has long been delayed until a baptized infant could reach some understanding of these things—at least until the age of reason (about seven) and often until the approach of adolescence.
	www.americancatholic.org /Newsletters/CU/ac1095.asp (2214 words)

	Scripture Catholic - SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Acts 8:14-17 - the people of Samaria were baptized in Christ, but did not receive the fullness of the Spirit until they were confirmed by the elders.
		Confirmation is a sacrament that Jesus Christ instituted within His Catholic Church to further strengthen those who have reached adulthood.
		The early Church laid hands upon the confirmand to administer the sacrament of confirmation.
	www.scripturecatholic.com /confirmation.html (1065 words)

	Pitfalls in the confirmation process.
		The auditor should confirm the understanding of the underlying facts with the customer, including particularly the customer's reasons for delaying shipment and whether there are modifications of other terms, such as payment terms.
		The proposed SAS advises confirmation of terms whenever the auditor believes there is a moderate or high degree of risk that there may be oral modifications.
		When the auditors requested to confirm $24 million of securities represented as being held in safekeeping by a well-known bank, company personnel involved in the fraud addressed the request to a mail drop set up under a name similar to the bank's.
	www.nysscpa.org /cpajournal/old/10917126.htm (1454 words)

	Confirmation, Chrismation
		Confirmation is one of the seven sacraments of both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox church.
		Concerning it Aquinas wrote: "Confirmation is to baptism what growth is to generation." It is administered according to this form: "I sign thee with the sign of the Cross and confirm thee with the chrism of salvation." Since it confers an indelible character upon the recipient, it is administered but once.
		In the Lutheran Church confirmation is a rite rather than a sacrament and the recipient offers it as a confirmation in his own heart of those baptismal vows which his parents assumed on his behalf.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txo/confirma.htm (529 words)

	AllRefer.com - confirmation (Christianity, General) - Encyclopedia
		confirmation, Christian rite in which the initiation into the church that takes place by baptism is confirmed.
		In the West it is ordinarily an episcopal function, and the recipient has reached a canonical age of discretion.
		Confirmation consists of the laying on of hands and anointing with chrism, a mixture of oil and balm; Anglicans and Lutherans have abandoned the anointing.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/confirma.html (242 words)

	Confirmation in Multimodal Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		If, during confirmation, the system fails to present the correct spoken interpretation, users are given the choice of selecting it from a pop-up menu or respeaking the command (see Figure 1).
		We observed that confirming speech prior to multimodal integration led to three possible cases where this expectation might not be met: ambiguous gestures, non-meaningful speech, and delayed confirmation.
		Implicit confirmation, after all, does not deny the user the option of undoing the prior command; when combined with late confirmation, it contributes to a smoother, faster, and overall more accurate collaboration between human and computer.
	www.cse.ogi.edu /CHCC/Personnel/coling.htm (3681 words)

	On Confirmation
		Confirmation is so called from its chief effect, which is to strengthen or render us more firm in whatever belongs to our faith and religious duties.
		We say the bishop is the ordinary minister of Confirmation because in some foreign missions, where bishops have not yet been appointed, the Holy Father permits one of the priests to administer Confirmation with the Holy Oil blessed by the bishop.
		Confirmation is not so necessary for salvation that we could not be saved without it, for it is not given to infants even in danger of death; nevertheless, there is a divine command obliging all to receive it, if possible.
	www.catholic.net /RCC/Catechism/3/l15.html (1083 words)

	Confirmation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This was a symbol that they had died to their old life and, born again, been given a share in the Holy Spirit who came on Jesus at his baptism and, after his resurrection, was given to his disciples.
		People who have been baptised may be confirmed provided they are old enough to renew for themselves the promises made for them at their baptism by their parents and godparents.
		Confirmation usually takes place at a service of Holy Communion at which the bishop presides.
	www.waltonparish.org.uk /Confirmation.html (943 words)

	Confirmation? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Confirmation is the Sacrament of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
		This is the sign marked on the forehead of the confirmed by the Bishop or his designated representative at the time of confirmation.
		Confirmation is a sacrament through which we receive the Holy Ghost to make us strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ.
	www.icubed.com /~rpoe/confirm.htm (1466 words)

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