sacraments

• Sacraments (CC)

  • Baptism
  • Confirmation
  • Fucharest
  • Reconciliation
  • Anointing of the Sick
  • Matrimony
  • Holy Orders
• Sacrament: Baptism

  The sacrament through which people become members of the Church. It involves the use of water as a symbol of the washing away of sin.
• Types of Baptism

  • Believers' Baptism
  • Infant Baptism
• Believers' Baptism

  • Initiation into the Church, by immersion in water, of people old enough to understand the ceremony/rite and who have made the decision to live a Christian life.
• Infant Baptism

  • Sacrament of initiation of babies and young children into the Church.
• Catechism of the Catholic Church: 'Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word."'
• John 3:5: 'Truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit'
• Matthew 28:19: 'Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit'
• Matthew 3:13: 'Then Jesus came to Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John'
• Sacrament: Eucharist

  Literally 'thanksgiving'; a sacrament in which the death and resurrection of Jesus are celebrated, using bread and wine
• Eucharist

  • It celebrates Jesus' sacrifice through his death and resurrection. Christians give thanks to God for his creation of the world, life, and the death/resurrection of Jesus.
• Transubstantiation

  Catholics believe in the 'real presence' of Christ's body and blood in the Eucharist, unlike Protestants who see the bread and wine as symbolic