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Do the sacraments sustain a christian through his earthly life?
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What are Christian sacraments?
It depends. A sacrament is an earthly symbol with a heavenly meaning. As an example - the water of baptism - water is an earthly symbol but has a heavenly meaning - that of repentance through spiritual cleansing, and rebirth into a new Christian life. If you are a Roman Catholic, there are seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion (mass), Matrimony, Ordination, Penance and Unction (prayer for the sick). In other denominations only Baptism and Holy Communion are classed as sacraments as these were instigated (in the case of Holy Communion) and endorsed (in the case of Baptism) by Christ himself.
How do you receive your sacraments to join the Catholic faith?
If you are still young, you can attend classes called CCD. If you are in adulthood, most Catholic churches offer RCIA (The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) classes which take you through the main sacraments.
Why did god determine that the best way for salvation is through the sacraments?
because he wanted us to have salvation through the sacraments
Why do you undergo through the sacraments?
Because we believe that Christ instituted the sacraments as means for our salvation.
How does the holy spirit guide us on your faith journey through the sacraments of baptism and confirmation?
It guides us with hope and happiness all christians will go through Baptism and (almost) all christians will go through confirmation to. You need faith to tell the priest that you want to become christian and if you really want this, you will hope that he will baptize you and say yes and guide you through the sacraments and comfirmation.
What sacrament gives us access to other sacraments?
Baptism must be received before any of the other sacraments are open to you. It is not a mere formality - in order to receive Christian sacraments one must be a Christian. Baptism leaves a permanent character upon the soul, identifying it before God as one who has received the New Covenant and thus the graces of the New Covenant are made directly available to the soul through the Church of which the soul is now a member.
What sacrament is necessary for the grace of Baptism to have its full effect?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe grace of Baptism has its full effect in a perfect Christian life, which is lived through all the Sacraments. The Sacraments of Initiation include Baptism, Confirmation, and the Holy Eucharist. This are all given together in the Eastern Rites.
What do the seven Sacraments actually do?
The Sacraments impart God's Grace to us as they are outward and tangible expressions of intangible Grace. The seven Sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life. There is, thus, a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages and of the spiritual life (CCC 1210*). The Sacraments are divided into three categories: Sacraments of Christian Initiation: 1: Baptism - which washes away Original sin and all actual sins. 2: Confirmation - which fills us with the Holy Spirit. 3: Eucharist - in which we receive the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ. These would be likened to our youth. Sacraments of Healing: 4: Penance (Reconciliation) - where we tell God that we are sorry for Sinning and receive forgiveness. 5: Anointing of the sick - where we are anointed with oil and receive a laying on of hands asking God to heal us. These would be like our teens and early adult life. Sacraments of Mission (service of community/mission of the faithful) 6: Holy Orders - where one is consecrated to the Lord by the laying on of hands to confer God's Grace through the Sacraments. 7: Matrimony - where mutual consent to live together as husband and wife is received. This would be most of our adult life. Finally, we have the Last Rites (parts are taken from three of the Sacraments - Penance, Anointing of the Sick, and Eucharist): this can be considered a unity in the Sacraments for the end of Christian life that prepare us for our heavenly homeland and completes our earthly pilgrimage. This would be our later years of life. So, one can see the Sacraments do a lot for us. They impart God's Grace when we need it... That is all of the time.
Whose saving action continues through the sacraments?
Mary
When a priest celebrates the sacraments he exercises his role as?
Roman Catholic AnswerWhen a priest is celebrating the sacraments, he is an "alter Christus". He is another Christ, as it Our Blessed Lord who actually celebrates the Sacraments through His priest.
What is the meaning of a sacrament?
"1210 Christ instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation (or Chrismation), the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life:1 they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian's life of faith. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life.1212 The sacraments of Christian initiation - Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist - lay the foundations of every Christian life. "The sharing in the divine nature given to men through the grace of Christ bears a certain likeness to the origin, development, and nourishing of natural life. The faithful are born anew by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal life. By means of these sacraments of Christian initiation, they thus receive in increasing measure the treasures of the divine life and advance toward the perfection of charity."31420 Through the sacraments of Christian initiation, man receives the new life of Christ. Now we carry this life "in earthen vessels," and it remains "hidden with Christ in God."1 We are still in our "earthly tent," subject to suffering, illness, and death.2 This new life as a child of God can be weakened and even lost by sin.1421 The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health,3 has willed that his Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of healing and salvation, even among her own members. This is the purpose of the two sacraments of healing: the sacrament of Penance and the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.1534 Two other sacraments, Holy Orders and Matrimony, are directed towards the salvation of others; if they contribute as well to personal salvation, it is through service to others that they do so. They confer a particular mission in the Church and serve to build up the People of God.1535 Through these sacraments those already consecrated by Baptism and Confirmation1 for the common priesthood of all the faithful can receive particular consecrations. Those who receive the sacrament of Holy Orders are consecrated in Christ's name "to feed the Church by the word and grace of God."2 On their part, "Christian spouses are fortified and, as it were, consecrated for the duties and dignity of their state by a special sacrament."3 " ~Catechism of the Catholic Church
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Example sentence - She knew she could sustain her resolve to see it through.
