Does reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation change a Catholic's standing the Church?

The Catholic Catechism (1305) says: > "the confirmed person receives the power to profess faith in Christ publicly and as it were officially (quasi ex officio)." Does this mean that a confirmed person has more privilege to profess their faith in Christ than an unconfirmed person in the eyes of the Church or is it an acknowledgment that the confirmed person will be more apt to profess their faith in Christ (and that the Sacrament of Confirmation is a channel for that grace)? Or something else?