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2-14. According to the 5th Epochal Revelation does the UB support holy confirmation?

No, according to The Urantia Book (the 5th Epochal Revelation), the revelation does not support or endorse "holy confirmation" (the Christian sacrament of confirmation) as a necessary religious rite, means of salvation, or spiritual requirement.

The Urantia Book discusses sacraments and rituals in evolutionary and historical terms but rejects formalized ecclesiastical sacraments (including confirmation, as practiced in Catholicism or other traditions) as essential for spiritual progress or entry into the kingdom of God. It views them as later human developments rooted in primitive rituals, rather than divine mandates from Jesus or higher revelation. 

Key Teachings on Sacraments and Rituals

• Only one "sacrament" associated with Jesus' mission: The remembrance supper (the Last Supper institution, reinterpreted as a simple memorial of his life, teachings, death, and spiritual presence). Jesus established this as the sole ceremony linked to his bestowal, using bread and wine symbolically to represent his body and blood—but he deliberately avoided precise definitions or rigid forms to prevent dogmatization.
  • From Paper 179: The Last Supper (179:5.4):
    "In the establishment of the only ceremony or sacrament associated with his whole life mission, Jesus took great pains to suggest his meanings rather than to commit himself to precise definitions... He did not wish to destroy the individual’s concept of divine communion by establishing a precise form..."
    This is the only ritual Jesus instituted; no mention of confirmation, anointing with oil for spiritual sealing, laying on of hands for the Holy Spirit, or any equivalent to the Catholic sacrament of confirmation (typically involving a bishop, chrism, and vows around ages 13–15).
• Evolutionary origin of sacraments: Sacraments in modern religions (including baptism, Eucharist, confirmation, etc.) evolved from ancient sacrificial and cannibalistic rituals, progressing to symbolic forms.
  • Paper 89: Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement (89:9.1–89:9.4) traces this: human sacrifice → animal substitutes → symbolic sacraments like cakes/wine (e.g., Passover → Christian Eucharist). It notes these have socializing value but are not salvific or divinely required.
• No salvific role for rituals like confirmation: Salvation comes through personal faith, spiritual experience, and relationship with the Universal Father—not through ceremonies, christening, or confirmation.
  • From secondary Urantia sources (e.g., truthbook.com FAQs): Confirmation is described as a Catholic ritual for full church admission (around ages 13–15), but not salvific. Jesus emphasized baptism with the Holy Spirit (inner spiritual transformation) over external rites like John's baptism.
  • Paper 137 and related sections: Jesus accepted John's baptism symbolically but clarified entry into the kingdom involves inner spiritual baptism, not outward rituals.
• Critique of ecclesiastical additions: The book portrays many Christian developments (including formalized sacraments beyond the remembrance supper) as human additions or distortions, not part of Jesus' original teachings.
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In summary, The Urantia Book honors personal spiritual communion and faith but does not support holy confirmation as a sacrament, rite, or requirement. It promotes direct, living relationship with God through faith and inner experience (assurance of the indwelling Spirit/Adjuster), rather than institutional rituals. The only endorsed "sacrament" is the simple, symbolic remembrance supper.

For primary context, see Paper 179 (The Last Supper) and Paper 89 (on sacrifices/sacraments) on spiritualfamily.net or urantia.org or urantiabook.org or truthbook.org and UAI.