When I go to an Eastern Church I don't insist on receiving Holy Communion kneeling. As to the imposition, the Eastern Churches are self-governing. The UGCC clergy tells me "we have our own Church and our own traditions which are not necessarily like the Orthodox".
Clueless.
Actually it has been introduced as a rule, not an indult. I was aware of Quam singulari, but I thought that confirmation was even more delayed before 1910
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It was typical for confirmation to be administered around the age of 12, followed by first communion. Today, first communion is generally administered at age seven, while confirmation is now delayed until age 16--or, in some dioceses, even later.
But why St. Pius X has not ordered confirmation to take place before the Holy Communion altogether?
Good question. Perhaps because the Latin Church was having a hard time remembering the purpose of the sacrament? See what the Second Vatican Council had to say about it. I'm still not sure the Latin Church really knows why there is a sacrament of confirmation.
