Sacrament

• Sacrament: Something people can experience with their senses but has a deeper reality to it.
• Gospel Sacraments: Baptism and the Eucharist. Authorised by Jesus. Protestants generally only acknowledge these two sacraments.
• List the seven sacraments:

  1. Baptism
  2. Confirmation
  3. Eucharist
  4. Reconciliation (Confession),
  5. Healing
  6. Marriage
  7. Ordination.
• Baptism: Sacrament by which God cleanses all sin, and one becomes a member of the church.
• Eucharist: A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine.
• Reconciliation (Confession or Penance): A sacrament where words of absolution are said and sins are forgiven.
• Healing: Anointing and laying of hands on a person to heal physically or spiritually. Prepares for death.
• Ordination: Making someone a priest, bishop or deacon by the sacrament of holy orders.
• Rights of Initiation: Catholics use this term to refer to the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist.