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How does confirmation differ between the Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches and the Protestant churches?

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In the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Eastern churches, it is a sacrament by which a Christian is strengthened in his faith. In the Lutheran and Anglican churches it is universally used, but it is not a sacrament (except among High Anglicans).

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