Theotwo - Sacraments, Pentateuch, Islam

• The sacraments of initiation (also called the "mysteries of initiation") are the three sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist.

  
• Sacraments of initiation


  • They strengthen your faith and forge a deeper relationship with God

  
• Baptism


  Frees the person from original sin
• Confirmation


  Strengthens the faith
• Eucharist


  Allows man to taste the body and blood of eternal life and be reminded of Christ's love and sacrifice
• Baptism frees you from original sin. Acts 2:38 says, "Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." The gift of the Holy Spirit and he becomes part of us.
• Luke records that Jesus was praying when Heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him. Luke clarifies that the spirit descended in the "bodily form" of a dove, as opposed to merely "descending like" a dove.

  
• Mark, Matthew, and Luke depict the baptism of Jesus in parallel passages. The Holy Spirit is depicted as descending upon Jesus immediately after his baptism accompanied by a voice from Heaven: "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased", while in Matthew the voice states "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased".
• Matthew 3:14, upon meeting Jesus, John said: "I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?" However, Jesus convinces John to baptize him nonetheless.

  
• Matthew records that the voice from heaven says "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased", but does not indicate who is addressed.
• Luke 1 begins with the birth of John the Baptist, heralded to his father Zacharias by the angel Gabriel. Six months later Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary with an announcement of the birth of Jesus, at the Annunciation. At the same, Gabriel also announces to Mary the coming birth of John the Baptist, to her kinswoman Elizabeth, who is the wife of Zacharias. Mary immediately sets out to visit her kinswoman Elizabeth, and stays with her until John's birth. Luke strongly contrasts the reactions of Zacharias and Mary to these two respective births; and the lives of John and Jesus are intertwined.
• Baptism


  • Cleanses away original sin
  • Symbolizes a rebirth in Christ, recalling his baptism by John the Baptist
  • Initiates a child (or adult) into the Catholic faith and membership into the church, the holy body of the people of Christ

  
• Godparents


  • Must be older than 16
  • Must be a confirmed Catholic
  • Should attend Mass regularly and practice the faith
  • Should contribute to the church financially and through actions
  • At least one sponsor is required, but you can't have more than two
  • Godparents can't be the parents of the baptized
• Confirmation


  • Reaffirms a person's status as a Catholic
  • Allows the grace to fall over the persons as they announce their commitment to God and the Church
  • Culminates what began at a person's baptism
  • Shows the persons taking responsibility for what they believe in and professing it to the church, friends and family

  
• Confirmation ceremony


  • May take place at Mass or outside of Mass
  • A bishop normally performs the rite, which includes the laying on of hands and anointing the forehead with chrism (holy oil)
  • The presiding bishop wears red vestments to symbolize the red tongues of fire seen hovering over the heads of the apostles at Pentecost
• Jesus' followers were gathered together for Pentecost, and the Holy Spirit "filled the whole house where they were sitting" (Acts 2:2). "All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them" (Acts 2:4).
• Confirmation


  The sacrament by which Catholics receive a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit, giving them the increased ability to practice their Catholic faith in every aspect of their lives and to witness Christ in every situation

  
• Eucharist


  Allows you to taste the body and blood of eternal life and be reminded of Christ's love and sacrifice
• The Eucharist is a Sacrament of initiation because it incorporates one into Christ's Body, in a mystical way, as St. Paul so beautifully wrote about 2,030 years ago.

  
• The Eucharist has formed a central rite of Christian worship. All Christians would agree that it is a memorial action in which, by eating bread and drinking wine, the church recalls what Jesus Christ was, said, and did.

  
• Holy Eucharist


  Refers to Christ's body and blood present in the consecrated host on the altar, and Catholics believe that the consecrated bread and wine are actually the body and blood, soul and divinity of Christ. For Catholics, the presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist isn't just symbolic, it's real.

  
• The faithful are born anew by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal life. By means of these sacraments of Christian initiation, they thus receive in increasing measure the treasures of the divine life and advance toward the perfection of charity.
• Psalm 37:5: '"Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act."'
• Pentateuch


  The first five books of the Holy Bible, foundational scripture for millions of Jews and Christians
• Sacraments of Love and Commitment

  Live deeply the sacraments of love by living a good, happy and fruitful life. Appreciate the meaning of life that God has given, and share unconditionally with others the wisdom erudite.
• Religious Sectors


  • SUNNI MUSLIMS
  • SHIA MUSLIMS
• Pentateuch


  Greek words for five scrolls: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
• Most Essential Learning Competency

  • The sacraments are drawn from the love that Jesus had for all of us by becoming human.
• Sacrament of Holy Order

  The Catholic Church wasn't the first religion to invent or use priests. The Old Testament, known as the Torah in the Jewish religion or the first half of the Bible for Christians, discusses the role of priests in the Jewish community.
• Difference between Sunnis and Shiites

  • Sunnis have a less elaborate religious hierarchy than Shiites
  • Sunnis and Shiites have different interpretations of Islam's schools of law
  • Shiites give human beings the exalted status that is given only to prophets in the Quran, often venerating clerics as saints, whereas Sunnis do not

  
• Holy orders


  The ordination of Christian clergy, specifically when someone is ordained as a deacon, priest or bishop.
• In countries governed by Sunnis

  Shia tend to make up the poorest sections of society and see themselves as victims of discrimination and oppression
• The first five books of the Bible (both Hebrew and Christian) are initial to all of Scripture and rank as one of the most important portions of the Word of God
• The Pentateuch contains God's revelation about the origin of the world, how sin entered human history and the judgment that followed, and the origin of the nation of Israel and its covenant–relationship to Yahweh
• Hebrew names for the five books

  • Bereshit (In the beginning)
  • Shemot (Names)
  • Vayikra (And he called)
  • Ba Midbar (In the wilderness)
  • D'varim (Words)
• Torah


  The body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other sacred literature and oral tradition
• The two main parts of the Sacrament of Holy Orders

  • The laying on of hands
  • Prayer of consecration
• The Iranian revolution of 1979


  Launched a radical Shia Islamist agenda that was perceived as a challenge to conservative Sunni regimes, particularly in the Gulf
• Torah


  The five books of Moses creating the Pentateuch
• The symbols for Holy Orders

  • Laying of the hands
  • Anointing oil
  • Stole
  • Chalice and Paten
  • A Ring