15 1220 If water springing up from the earth symbolizes life, the water of the sea is a symbol of death ... in the celebration of the sacraments of Christian initiation. 1231 Where infant Baptism ...

They mark stages of life and are outwards signs and symbols which show ... It is the final sacrament of initiation and marks the growth of a Catholic into a mature member of the Church.

1285 Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation," whose ... rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin ...