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  2. Sacraments of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Catechism of the Catholic Church lists the sacraments as follows: "The whole liturgical life of the Church revolves around the Eucharistic sacrifice and the sacraments. There are seven sacraments in the Church: Baptism, Confirmation or Chrismation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony." [6]

  3. Baptism - Wikipedia

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    This Baptism of blood, like the desire for Baptism, brings about the fruits of Baptism without being a sacrament. — 1258 For catechumens who die before their Baptism, their explicit desire to receive it, together with repentance for their sins, and charity , assures them the salvation that they were not able to receive through the sacrament.

  4. Sacraments of initiation - Wikipedia

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    The sacraments of initiation (also called the “mysteries of initiation”) are the three sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist in Nicene Christianity. [1] As such, they are distinguished from the sacraments of healing (Anointing of the sick and Sacrament of Penance) [2] and from the sacraments of service (Marriage and Ordination ...

  5. Sacrament - Wikipedia

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    While the sacraments in the Catholic Church are regarded as means of Divine Grace, the Catholic definition of a sacrament is an event in Christian life that is both spiritual and physical. [28] The seven Catholic sacraments have been separated into three groups. The first three Sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, Communion, and Confirmation.

  6. Confirmation - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] [6] In Catholic theology, it is the sacrament of baptism that confers membership, while "reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace". [7] The Catholic and Methodist denominations teach that in confirmation, the Holy Spirit strengthens a baptized individual for their faith journey. [8] [9]

  7. Sacramental character - Wikipedia

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    This teaching is expressed as follows in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992): [2]. The three sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders confer, in addition to grace, a sacramental character or seal by which the Christian shares in Christ's priesthood and is made a member of the Church according to different states and functions.

  8. Sacramental matter and form - Wikipedia

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    The matter of a sacrament is "that part of a sacrament with which or to which something is done in order to confer grace", [3] "materials used and actions performed". [4] The form of a sacrament consists of the words and the intention by which the sacrament is effected. [1] For example, the matter for the sacrament of baptism is water.

  9. Thomistic sacramental theology - Wikipedia

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    The Sacraments of Christian Initiation. Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist. London: Geoffrey Chapman. p. 317. ISBN 0 225 66499 2. Reginald Lynch, OP (2017). The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press. Garrigou-Lagrange, Reginald (1950 ...