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How do the Sacraments bring the saving action of Christ into your lives?
All Sacraments are to keep you in Divine Grace, closest to God. Did you have a specific Sacrament?
Is it true that saint Paul instituted the sacraments so that his saving work will continue?
There is no direct evidence that Saint Paul instituted the sacraments, as they were established by Jesus Christ during his ministry. Paul did play a significant role in spreading the Gospel and explaining the importance of the sacraments in maintaining the saving work of Jesus through his letters and teachings to the early Christian communities.
From what act do all effects of the sacraments flow?
From the saving work of Christ on the Cross.
Are sacrament the laws of the church?
.Roman Catholic AnswerNo, the sacraments are the means by which Our Blessed Lord set up - through His Church - to communicate saving grace to us. fromThe Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 19941084"Seated at the right hand of the Father" and pouring out the Holy Spirit on his Body which is the Church, Christ now acts through the sacraments he instituted to communicate his grace. The sacraments are perceptible signs (words and actions) accessible to our human nature. By the action of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit they make present efficaciously the grace that they signify.1131The sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. The visible rites by which the sacraments are celebrated signify and make present the graces proper to each sacrament. They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required dispositions.
What are the four Sacraments that give forgiveness?
When someone speaks about the "four sacraments of forgiveness" they are referring to Baptism, Reconciliation, Eucharist, and Anointing of the Sick. Each of these sacraments have components of forgiveness within them.Roman Catholic AnswerThe Sacraments are visible signs of the hidden realities. The saving work of Jesus Christ, his holy and sanctifying humanity is the sacrament of salvation, which is revealed and active in the Church's sacraments. ( CCC 774). ... Christ now acts through the sacraments he instituted to communicate his grace. The sacraments are perceptible signs (words and actions) accessible to our human nature. By the action of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit they make present efficaciously the grace that they signify. (CCC 1084) "Celebrated worthily in faith, the sacraments confer the grace that they signify. (Cf. Council of Trent (1547): Denzinger-Schonmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorun, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum (1965) - (CCC 1127). The four sacraments, as mentioned above, that give forgiveness are Baptism, Confession, Anointing of the Sick, and the Eucharist forgives venial sin. All of these work efficaciously as Christ himself is as work in them, they depend (except baptism) on the receptivity of the individual for the actual grace received.
Do Protestants believe in the seven sacraments?
As Protestantism encompasses every "Christian" denomination outside of Roman Catholicism, that term is far too vague. The Reformed Faith, also known as Calvinism, holds that there are only two sacraments--neither of them saving--Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
What is the feast which remembers God's saving action of the Hebrews?
The passover.
What is the main difference between protestant and catholic understandings of the church?
The catholics view of church is that the sacraments and mass are saving events. The belief is that the grace of God is actually contained within the mass, sacraments, confession and what not. Protestants are much more likely to view these things as symbols of what God does in the individual life. Protestants think that grace is given by God and the sacraments are just a reminder of that event.
Do both Catholic and Protestants believe in that God offers saving grace through sacraments?
No. Neither of them do actually. They both believe (as all Christians do) that salvation comes from a relationship with Jesus. Catholics believe that the sacraments are a time honored tradition that brings believers into a closer relationship with their savior, but most protestants do not believe the sacraments are effective.Roman Catholic Answerfrom Pocket Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Image Books c 1980, 1985 Sacrament. A sensible sign, instituted by Jesus Christ, by which invisible grace and inward sanctification are communicated to the soul. The essential elements of a sacrament of the New Law are institution by Christ the God-man during his visible stay on earth, and a sensibly perceptible rite that actually confers the supernatural grace it symbolizes. In a broad sense every external sign of internal divine blessing is a sacrament. And in this sense there were already sacraments in the Old Law, such as the practice of circumcision. But, as the Council of Trent defined, these ancient rites differed essentially from the sacraments of the New Law, they did not really contain the grace they signified, nor was the fullness of grace yet available through visible channels merited and established by the Savior.In other words, yes, Catholics believe that God offers saving grace through the sacraments. Some Protestants (e.g. Anglicans & Episcopalians) believe that some Sacraments offer some grace (i.e. Baptism) but for the most part, no, they do not believe this.
What is a Redemption?
The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil
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What is the saving effect of the Paschal Mystery?
The Paschal Mystery is celebrated and made present in the liturgy of the Church, and its saving effects are communicated through the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, which renews the paschal sacrifice of Christ as the sacrifice offered by the Church
