What are the kinds of Sacraments?

Answer 1

Roman Catholic AnswerSacraments are usually divided into Sacraments of the Living and Sacraments of the Dead. The later (Sacraments of the Dead) mean that can be received by a person who is "dead" due to their sin or not in a state of grace: baptism, penance, and, if needed, anointing of the sick. The other Sacraments (confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, and the priesthood) may only be received fruitfully in a state of grace, and are thus called Sacraments of the Living. Of those four, only confirmation, matrimony, and the priesthood are received validly in a state of grave sin, but with no grace, and with the commission of the grave sin of sacrilege. The Eucharist is also truly received by a person not in a state of grace, but, again, with the sin of sacrilege. Anointing is in a class by itself as it is technically a sacrament of the living as a person should be in a state of grace to receive it but it can be received by a person not in a state of grace.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980