
“[C]ontains the Sacred Chrism used by the bishop for Confirmation and ordinations. The oil stocks usually take the form of a metal cylinder, with three compartments for the sacramental oils, marked with a sign to indicate which oil is contained therein. (1) I = ‘oleum infirmorum’, the Oil of the Sick; (2) B or Ca = ‘oleum catechumanorum’, Oil of the Catachumens or Oil of Baptism; (3) C or Ch = the Sacred Chrism for Baptism, Confirmation, ordination of priests and bishops” (Elliott, 118).