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CHAPTER III.
THOSE TO BE CONFIRMED
Can. 889 §1. Every baptized person not yetconfirmed and only such a person is capable of receiving confirmation.
§2. To receive confirmation licitly outside thedanger of death requires that a person who has the use of reason be suitablyinstructed, properly disposed, and able to renew the baptismal promises.
Can. 890 The faithful are obliged to receive thissacrament at the proper time. Parents and pastors of souls, especially pastorsof parishes, are to take care that the faithful are properly instructed toreceive the sacrament and come to it at the appropriate time.
Can. 891 The sacrament of confirmation is to beconferred on the faithful at about the age of discretion unless the conferenceof bishops has determined another age, or there is danger of death, or in thejudgment of the minister a grave cause suggests otherwise.