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Sacraments
Sacraments are sacred rites of high importance. Sacraments are different throughout different religions, but they sometimes hold common themes such as marriage and penance.
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What are the two usual ways the church celebrates the sacrament of penance?
Private confession is usually done with a screen between the penitent and the priest, although it may sometimes be done face to face. The priest begins by making the sign of the cross, and the penitent usually says something like:
"Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It has been n. days/weeks/months since my last confession. These are my sins."
The penitent then confesses his sins. All mortal sins must be confessed, as well as any venial sins the penitent can remember. The priest may then give some advice or counseling to the penitent, and assign a penance. The penitent then prays an act of contrition. Next, the Priest administers the Rite of Absolution and dismisses the penitent, who says "Thanks be to God" (Deo Gratias)
According to Catholic teachings, when Satan tempted Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, and she gave the fruit to Adam, all humans from then on were tainted with sin, namely "Original Sin." We baptize young ones to cleanse them of Original Sin, giving them a clean slate. Also, if one is baptized late in life, they are cleansed of ALL sins they have committed.
Is the Church the Sacrament of salvation?
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Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catechism of the Catholic Church refers to the Church as a sacrament in three different senses:from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994
1. Properly, the Church is the universal Sacrament of Salvation:
774 ... The Church, then, both contains and communicates the invisible grace she signifies. It is in this analogical sense, that the Church is called a "sacrament."
　
2. In the second sense, the Church is the sacrament of the mission of Christ and the Holy Spirit:
　738 Thus the Church's mission is not an addition to that of Christ and the Holy Spirit, but is its sacrament: in her whole being and in all her members, the church is sent to announce, bear witness, make present, and spread the mystery of the communion of the Holy Trinity...
and, finally to sum up the "universal sacrament of salvation:
　849 The missionary mandate. "Having been divinely sent to the nations that she might be 'the universal sacrament of salvation,' the Church, in obedience to the command of her founder and because it is demanded by her own essential universality, strives to preach the Gospel to all men": (Ad gentes 1; cf. Mt 16:15) "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and Lo, I am with you always, until the close of the age." (Mt 28:19-20)
Is a sacrament the laws of the church?
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Catholic AnswerNo, they are different things:.
from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994; Glossary
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A sacrament is an efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit (see Catechism 774, 1132). There are seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance or Reconciliation (Confession), Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.
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Canon Law comprises the rules which provide the norms for good order in the visible society of the Church. Those canon laws that apply universally are contained in the Codes of Canon Law, most recently promulgated in 1983 for the Latin (Western) Church and in 1991 for the Eastern Church.
Do you have to make your first commion?
In order to be married in the Roman Catholic Church you will need complete the sacraments of initiation which are baptism, First Holy Communion and Confirmation. You would also need all three if you want to become a nun or a priest. . .
How do the Lutherans regard the Sacraments and Baptism?
There are, according to Lutherans, two sacraments: Baptism and Eucharist. The Sacraments are means of salvation provided for us from Jesus Christ. The Baptism is eternal, and can by no means be heaved; any baptism in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit is accepted. There's only one baptism for everyone.
The Eucharist is the Communion, where bread and wine (fermented or non-fermented; Lutherans disagree whether the wine has to be fermented (alcoholic)) are blessed, prayed over and distributed to the congregation. Some churches practice closed communion, which means that only members of the church, and--perhaps--members of churches in communion with the actual church is allowed to participate in the communion; others practice open communion, which means that every baptised person is welcome to the Altar. Lutherans advocate the thesis of so-called Real Presence, that the wine and bread remain wine and bread, but are also at the same time the Blood and Body of Christ, transformed through the Holy Spirit.
If you are unsure whether or not you are allowed to participate in a Communion, ask the minister for guidance.
What do you celebrate in the three sacraments of Initiation?
Baptism is to have your soul clean from sin that Adam and Eve
inflicted upon us. The Eucharist is to receive Christ in ones heart and physically unites themselves with Christ when he is received and it reminds us how he gave everything that he could give to us his life. Confirmation is also a seal given by the holy spirit in this case one is taking ownership of his/her beliefs completing initiation and being able to one day ascend into heaven.
How does the sacrament of reconciliation make you a better person?
The priest in Persona Christi (in the person of Christ) forgives the penitent's sins. This isn't done by the powers of the priest, but by the power of God. Priests were given the authority to forgive sins by Jesus.
Why are The Bishops and priests are the only people who can be ministers of the sacrament of?
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Catholic AnswerThe Bishops and priests, by virtue of their ordination, are the only ordinary ministers of the Most Holy Eucharist. The faithful offer the Eucharist as real priests to the extent that they participate in the priesthood of the faithful, but may only be Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist if delegated by a priest or a Bishop.What are the three first sacraments?
a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of thesolemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by JesusChrist to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestantchurches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of theRoman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism,confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, andextreme unction.
When a priest celebrates the sacraments he exercises his role as?
Does Catholic cannon law provide that some non Catholic denominations have valid sacraments?
If you are baptized in a christian faith, the baptism is considered valid, but it's the only sacrament that is recognized by the Church.
What are the words and actions used to celebrate the Church's sacraments called?
the words and actions used to celebrate the church's sacramentsare called the rites of tyhe sacraments
Do you still have sacraments when your a monk?
If you are a Christian monk, yes. Christian monks do not give up their religion upon entering a monastery.
In the passover a lamb was to be sacrificed and eaten what sacrament does this foretell?
The sacrament of Reconciliation.
Is the Blessed Sacrament the only Real Presence in the Church?
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Roman Catholic AnswerSince "Real Presence" is the term used to describe what the Council of Trent was saying "in the sacrament of the most Holy Eucharist is contained truly, really, and substantially the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and consequently the whole Christ" (Denzinger 1636, 1640), yes, the Real Presence only refers to the Blessed Sacrament.What are the five other sacraments in Christianity?
Confession, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick.
What are the seven sacraments Five Wits speaks of in the poem Everyman?
some churches have sacraments, gifts from God, often through priests and ceremonies, you may have heard of receiving the communion wafer, "taking Communion," believed by some to be miraculously actually changed into the Body and Blood of the Christ (Jesus), as He is reported to have said "Take this, all of you, and eat, etc." That sort of thing. I am attempting to say this neutrally, not as believer or non-believer. The Catholic Church in particular is one church which believes in seven sacraments. They are Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders, Reconciliation (Confession), Matrimony, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Eucharist (Communion)
