CF

• The word ‘sacrament’ is derived from the Latin word ___which means ___

  Sacramentum, oath or pledge
• The New Testament was originally written in__

  Greek
• means " mystery" came to be used to denote any sign of God’s power.

  Mysterion
• one of the greatest "early church fathers" , define sacrament as a visible outward sign of an invisible and spiritual grace.

  St. Augustine of hippo ( 354-430)
• Christ instituted the "sacraments" of the new law. There are "seven"


  Baptism, Confirmation, eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, holy orders and matrimony
• is a visible sign, instituted by Christ himself, to give grace

  Sacrament
• an action is performed by a minister ( priest) ex. a baby baptize from the church, the priest pours water over it's head and said " i baptized you in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit"

  Visible sign
• it means that " each of the sacrament administered to the faithful recalls event in the new testament by Christ or his follower that correspond to each sacrament" .

  Instituted by Christ
• God's free gift of himself, as the controlling influence in our life

  Grace
• is a "reality that is open to all the human senses". it can be seen, heard and felt.

  Visible reality
• is a "reality that is understood only with the eyes of faith". ex. parents hug their child.

  invisible reality
• the "outward expression, the form they take, the way in which they are administered and receive".


  Visible reality of the sacrament
• God's grace which we cannot see, is a free and a loving gift


  Invisible reality of the sacrament
• means "effective", sacraments do what they say they do.

  Efficacious
• is an" object, word, gesture" that points to something beyond itself . they work as an affective means of communication between god and his grace.

  Sign
• Jesus Christ instituted the seven sacraments ____ years ago

  2000
• is one of the most "misunderstood practices in the Catholic Church".

  the use of sacramental
• have been "instituted by the Church" to "draw us into a deeper relationship with Christ and are focused on sanctifying every part of our lives".

  Sacramentals
• are sacred signs "instituted by the Church".

  Sacramentals