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However, the Catholic Encyclopedia states this conceptual view of the sacraments was already present in Augustine of Hippo's writings. [ 1 ] The Catechism of the Council of Trent explains this concept this way: "every Sacrament consists of two things; 'matter,' which is called the element, and 'form,' which is commonly called 'the word. ' " [ 2 ]
The Eastern Churches followed the Sacraments of Initiation from early days. Latin Church, though administered the three sacraments- Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist- separately, they retained the idea of unity of these sacraments. Thus CCC 1233 implies that the Christian initiation is completed by years long preparation in the Latin Church ...
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The expression seven sacraments mainly refers to: Sacrament. Sacraments of the Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church § Holy mysteries (sacraments) Anglican sacraments; Sacrament § Hussite Church and Moravian Church; It can also refer to:
The theology of sacraments, as Potts describes it, does not simply introduce “the holy into a profane world”; instead, it recognizes a “holiness embodied in the quotidian” (13). To Christian thinkers like Martin Luther , Thomas Aquinas , and John Wycliffe , Potts contends, “there is a sacredness in, with, and under the profane” (13).
A sacramental (Latin pl. sacramentalia) is a sacred sign, a ritual act or a ceremony, which, in a certain imitation of the sacraments, has a spiritual effect and is obtained through the intercession of the Church. [1] Sacramentals surround the sacraments like a wreath and extend them into the everyday life of Christians.
The 1983 Code prescribes the age of discretion also for the sacraments of Penance [13] and first Holy Communion. [ 14 ] Since the Second Vatican Council , the setting of a later age, e.g. mid-teens in the United States , early teens in Ireland and Britain , has been abandoned in some places in favour of restoring the traditional order of the ...
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 ...