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- A sacrament is a “sacred sign,” something visibly manifesting the invisible glory and workings of God. But when we speak of the seven sacraments—sometimes called the “major sacraments” or the “sacraments of the New Law”—we mean more than this. These sacraments are both signs and causes of grace.
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Oct 3, 2024 · The four dimensions of the sacraments as signs are: a sign demonstrative, a moral sign obligating, a sign commemorative and a sign prophetic. First, each sacrament “is a sign demonstrative of the...
- The Seven Sacraments
"The [seven] sacraments are efficacious signs of grace,...
- The Seven Sacraments
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, ‘The 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.’ (1131)
2 days ago · "The [seven] 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...
1677 Sacramentals are sacred signs instituted by the Church. They prepare men to receive the fruit of the sacraments and sanctify different circumstances of life. 1678 Among the sacramentals blessings occupy an important place.
- II. Nature of The Sacraments of The New Law
- III. Origin (Cause) of The Sacraments
- IV. Number of The Sacraments
- V. Effects of The Sacraments
- VI. Minister of The Sacraments
- VII. Recipient of The Sacraments
The sacraments thus far considered were merely signs of sacred things. According to the teaching of the Catholic Church, accepted today by many Episcopalians, the sacraments of the Christian dispensation are not mere signs; they do not merely signify Divine grace, but in virtue of their Divine institution, they cause that grace in the souls of men....
It might now be asked: in how far was it necessary that the matter and form of the sacraments should have been determined by Christ? The Council of Trent defined that the seven sacraments of the New Law were instituted by Christ (Sess. VII, can. i). This settles the question of fact for all Catholics. Reason tells us that all sacraments must come o...
The Council of Trent solemnly defined that there are seven sacraments of the New Law, truly and properly so called, viz., baptism, confirmation, Holy Eucharist, penance, extreme unction, orders, and matrimony. The same enumeration had been made in the Decree for the Armenians by the Council of Florence (1439), in the Profession of Faith of Michael ...
(a) The principle effect of the sacrament is a two-fold grace: (1) the grace of the sacrament which is “first grace”, produced by the sacraments of the dead, or “second grace”, produced by the sacraments of the living (supra, IV, 3, b): (2) The sacramental grace, i.e., the special grace needed to attain the end of each sacrament. Most probably it i...
(1) It was altogether fitting that the ministration of the sacraments be given, not to the angels, but to men. The efficacy of the sacraments comes from the Passion of Christ, hence from Christ as a man; men, not angels, are like unto Christ in His human nature. Miraculously God might send a good angel to administer a sacrament (St. Thomas, III, Q....
When all conditions required by Divine and ecclesiastical law are complied with, the sacrament is received validly and licitly. If all conditions required for the essential rite are observed, on the part of the minister, the recipient, the matter and form, but some non-essential condition is not complied with by the recipient, the sacrament is rece...
Jan 19, 2019 · A sacrament is a “sacred sign,” something visibly manifesting the invisible glory and workings of God. But when we speak of the seven sacraments—sometimes called the “major sacraments” or the “sacraments of the New Law”—we mean more than this. These sacraments are both signs and causes of grace.
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of understanding what we mean by the sacraments as channels of divine grace. We might almost say that Christianity is divided into two classes: those who believe that Christ instituted the sacraments as instruments of His grace and those who do not.
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