2-FF3-FINALS

• SACRAMENTUM TANTUM


  The sign itself
• RES TANTUM


  The reality of grace itself
• RES ET SACRAMENTUM


  The sign and the reality it signifies
• SACRAMENTUM TANTUM


  Sensible sign instituted by Christ
• RES TANTUM


  Inward grace
• SENSIBLE SIGN


  Concrete and appeals to the senses
• SACRAMENTAL MATTER


  Sensible thing or exterior act
• SACRAMENTAL FORM


  Words said when the matter is applied
• BAPTISM


  1. Water

  2. "I baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit"
• CONFIGURATION


  1. Sacred Chrism

  2. "Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit"
• INSTITUTED BY CHRIST


  • Christ merited for us the grace channeled through the sacraments (CCC 1524-25)
  • Christ is seen in sacraments
  • By becoming man Christ adopts his methods to our nature; so that sensible signs may become instruments of his grace
• PRIMORDIAL SACRAMENT


  • Christ is the visible image of God (Col 1:15). His divine and human natures are the basis of the res et sacramentum principle
  • Baptism, Eucharist, Holy Orders, Reconciliation
• FOUNDATIONAL / BASIC SACRAMENT


  • The Church is the sacrament of Christ and is authorized to institute, prescribe, and administer the sacraments
  • Confirmation
  • Anointing of the Sick
• Grace


  Comes from God alone, not from the righteousness of the celebrant or recipient (CCC 1527)
• Ex opere operato


  The sacrament is valid by the very fact that the matter and form are administered
• Two-fold effect of the sacrament

  • Draws us into closer relationship to the Church
  • Draws us into closer relationship to Christ, in the Spirit, and to the Father
• Sacraments of Initiation


  • Baptism
  • Confirmation
  • Eucharist
• Sacraments of Healing


  • Reconciliation
  • Anointing of the Sick
• Sacraments of Service/Vocation


  • Holy Matrimony
  • Holy Orders
• Baptism


  To start a life as a child of God
• Age of Reason Eucharist

  1. 8 years old, already have knowledge of what is right and wrong and is able to examine conscience
• Baptism (Greek)


  Baptizein = Plunge
• Holy Baptism


  • The basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in Spirit, and the door which gives access to other Sacraments (CCC1213)
  • The sacrament of regeneration through water in the word (CCC1213)
• Infant Baptism


  0-6 years old, before the age of reason
• Adult Baptism


  7+ years old, long instruction; may take a year for preparation
• Baptismal Rites


  • Infant Baptism
  • Adult Baptism
• Baptismal Modes


  • Immersion
  • Affusion
  • Aspersion
• Methods of Baptism


  • Immersion
  • Affusion
  • Aspersion