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	Catholic sacraments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Catholics hold that only a priest properly ordained by a bishop who is in a succession of bishops dating back to the Apostles can perform the miraculous transubstantiation necessary for the validity of the Eucharist, and only such a priest can absolve sins of penitents.
		In Eastern-Rite Catholic churches, the usual minister of this sacrament is the parish priest.
		Catholics are required by Church discipline, however, to celebrate the sacrament with a priest or deacon as a witness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catholic_sacraments (2108 words)

	Roman Catholic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Catechism of the Catholic Church, 85 states that authentic interpretation of the Word of God is entrusted to the living Magisterium of the Church, namely the bishops in communion with the successor of Saint Peter.
		The sacrament is celebrated publicly in the presence of the priest (or another witness appointed by the Church) and other witnesses, though in the theological tradition of the Latin Church the ministers of the sacrament are the couple themselves.
		Catholic Church thinker, Francisco de Vitoria, a disciple of Thomas Aquinas who studied the issue regarding the human rights of colonized natives, is recognized by the United Nations as a father of international law, and now by historians of economics and democracy as a leading light for the West's democracy and rapid economic development.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church (10402 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sacraments
		According to the teaching of the Catholic Church, accepted today by many Episcopalians, the sacraments of the Christian dispensation are not mere signs; they do not merely signify Divine grace, but in virtue of their Divine institution, they cause that grace in the souls of men.
		The other five are "sacraments of the living", because their reception presupposes, at least ordinarily, that the recipient is in the state of grace, and they give "second grace", i.e.
		Due reverence for the sacraments requires the minister to be in a state of grace: one who solemnly and officially administers a sacrament, being himself in a state of mortal sin, would certainly be guilty of a sacrilege (cf.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13295a.htm (10393 words)

	Holy Trinity Catholic Church - Sacraments
		The essential signs of the Eucharistic sacrament are wheat bread and grape wine, on which the blessing of the Holy Spirit is invoked and the priest pronounces the words of consecration spoken by Jesus during the Last Supper...
		The principal effect of the sacrament is the character (q.v.), a spiritual and indelible mark impressed upon the soul, by which the recipient is distinguished from others, designated as a minister of Christ, and deputed and empowered to perform certain offices of Divine worship (Summa, III, Q. lxiii, a.
		Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest's absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same.
	www.holytrinitysp.org /pages?page_id=LMGTS23332 (2977 words)

	Are the seven Catholic sacraments Biblical?
		The Roman Catholic Church teaches that while God gives grace to man without outward symbols (sacraments), He has also chosen to give grace to man through visible symbols, and that because He has, man is foolish to not make use of this God-provided means of gaining sanctification.
		There are two of the main sacraments that specifically are said by the Roman Catholic Church to be necessary for one to partake of in order to gain eternal life: baptism and communion.
		The Roman Catholic Church teaches that it's priesthood is capable of exercising the sacraments in order to dispense the sanctifying grace, and yet the only priesthood mentioned for New Testament times is the priesthood of all believers (1 Peter 2:9).
	www.gotquestions.org /seven-Catholic-sacraments.html (1573 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Seven Sacraments: Catholic Doctrinal Docs
		There are seven sacraments under the new law: that is to say, baptism, confirmation, the mass, penance, extreme unction, ordination, and matrimony.
		The form of this sacrament is as follows: "Through this holy unction and his most tender compassion, the Lord grants thee forgiveness for whatever sins thou hast committed by the sight," and in the same way for the other members.
		The regular minister of this sacrament is a bishop; benefit, growth in grace, to the end that whosoever is ordained may be a worthy minister.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/1438sacraments.html (2945 words)

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		Sacraments: Channels of Divine Grace by John Hardon, S.J. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of understanding what we mean by the sacraments as channels of divine grace.
		Catholic Sacraments Undermined Over the centuries of the Church's history, the sacraments have been one of the principal targets of what we now call dissenters but what more accurately are heretics who deny one or more of the cardinal mysteries of the Catholic faith.
		We believe that the sacrament of the Eucharist, as sacrifice, communion and presence is nothing less than Jesus Christ alive and active on earth to provide us with the light and strength we need, especially to practice that charity by which we are recognized as His disciples.
	www.ewtn.com /library/HOMELIBR/CHANGRAC.TXT (2729 words)

	Catholic Sacraments
		Sacred Congregation for the Clergy and the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments
		For a sacrament to be valid, three things have to be present: the correct form, the correct matter, and the correct intention.
		She maintains that their belief system is diametrically opposed to the Catholic vision and that they are determined to wipe out all cultural recognition of the differences between men and women.
	www.saint-mike.org /library/Sacraments/Sacrament_Articles.html (2313 words)

	Catholic.be Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Denominations: Catholicism: Sacraments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Sacraments - This article in the Catholic Encyclopedia presents the necessity, the nature, the origin/cause, the number, the effects, the minister, and the recipient of the Sacraments.
		The Sacraments of the Church - Legislation on the disposition and conditions for reception of the seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church, as found in book 4 of the Code of Canon Law.
		The Seven Sacraments - A brief overview of the seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church with a general introduction to the category.
	www.catholic.be /Sacraments (488 words)

	Catholic Update - What are Sacraments? by Joseph Martos
		Of all the events that sacraments can point to in the past (biblical events, Church traditions, events in one's own faith journey), the most important are events in the life of Christ.
		Each sacrament dramatizes and points to something that is happening in the lives of people who belong to the celebrating community.
		A sacrament also has multiple levels of depth because it can be personally meaningful for an individual at one level, it can have a shared meaning for a particular group at another level, it can have a general meaning for the whole Church at yet a third level.
	www.americancatholic.org /Newsletters/CU/ac0895.asp (1845 words)

	Who Can Receive Communion?
		"Because Catholics believe that the celebration of the Eucharist is a sign of the reality of the oneness of faith, life, and worship, members of those churches with whom we are not yet fully united are ordinarily not admitted to Communion.
		"Catholic ministers may licitly administer the sacraments of penance, Eucharist and anointing of the sick to members of the oriental churches which do not have full Communion with the Catholic Church, if they ask on their own for the sacraments and are properly disposed.
		The Congregation of the Sacraments and Divine Worship permitted the U.S. Bishops’ Conference to authorize reception of Communion in the hand on July 25, 1977, provided the local bishop implements the practice in his diocese.
	www.catholic.com /library/Who_Can_Receive_Communion.asp (1954 words)

	Confession for RCIA Candidate
		Since most of the impediments to valid reception of these sacraments by non-Catholic Christians are rooted in Church law, not divine law, the Church itself may decide under what conditions a person not within her fold may receive the comfort of some of her sacraments and thus lift the impediment to invalidity.
		Because of this, the Catholic Church permits them to receive the sacraments of reconciliation, Eucharist and anointing of the sick for any just cause when one of their own priests is unavailable.
		The case of a Catholic who has left the Church is in a different position and, except in cases of danger of death, would normally have to be reconciled with the Church before receiving absolution.
	www.ewtn.com /library/Liturgy/zlitur104.htm (1783 words)

	Traditional Catholic Sacraments
		In studying the Sacraments, you will realize keenly how much non-Catholics have missed in life, as the wonders of God's loving care are unfolded before your eyes.
		The Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament in which Jesus Christ is really and physically present under the appearances of bread and wine.
		Matrimony is the Sacrament made by Jesus Christ to sanctify (make holy) the lawful union of a Christian man and a Christian woman.
	www.olrl.org /sacramen (396 words)

	Sacraments
		The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church From the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
		The Sacrament of the Eucharist Catechism of the Catholic Church
		The minister and the rite of this sacrament.
	www.shc.edu /theolibrary/sac.htm (1672 words)

	Newman Apologetics Resource
		The sacraments are built upon this idea, this theological principle of the good creation: that God created the world and he saw that what he made was "very good," as it says in Genesis.
		So the grace of the sacraments is not derived only from the holiness of the minister or primarily from the holiness of the recipient so much as from Christ himself, who is ultimately the final minister and the real recipient.
		The sacraments of the Church are not a substitute for holiness.
	www.star.ucl.ac.uk /~vgg/rc/aplgtc/hahn/m5/scmnt1.html (6493 words)

	Can the Catholic Sacraments provide salvation?
		Since the sacraments are supposedly necessary for salvation, and since the sacraments are only available through the Catholic church, then obviously, one must be a faithful member of the Catholic church to be saved.
		Please understand, these sacraments, which the Catholic church contends are necessary for salvation, did not even come from God.
		One must wonder, under such conditions, if these sacraments are really necessary, or if the Catholic church is using man's traditions to scare people into lifelong obedience to the church, under the threat of eternal damnation.
	www.chick.com /reading/books/160/160_08.asp (622 words)

	Holy Spirit Interactive: The Catholic Sacraments
		For example, when a baby is baptized in the church the priest pours water over its head and at the same time says the words "I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." That is a visible sign.
		In summary we can say that a sacrament is one of the means God has chosen to influence our life in the direction of his purpose for giving us life.
		Excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church courtesy the Vatican.
	www.holyspiritinteractive.net /features/sacraments (287 words)

	U.S. Catholic Bishops - Catechism of the Catholic Church
		The faithful are born anew by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal life.
		In the liturgy of the Eastern Churches, the post-baptismal anointing is the sacrament of Chrismation (Confirmation).
		Christian initiation is accomplished by three sacraments together: Baptism which is the beginning of new life; Confirmation which is its strengthening; and the Eucharist which nourishes the disciple with Christ's Body and Blood for his transformation in Christ.
	www.usccb.org /catechism/text/pt2sect2.htm (4546 words)

	Sacraments
		Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God's mercy for the offense committed against Him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion.
		The children in the parish school 8th grade and PSR are fully prepared in Religion Class.
		Must be a Baptized, Confirmed, and Practcing Catholic.
	www.saintmichael.homestead.com /Sacraments.html (703 words)

	Newman Apologetics Resource
		Module V looks at the Catholic understanding of sacrament by comparing it to the Old Testament notion of covenant: a blood-oath in which people bind themselves together in solemn and eternal family bonds of allegiance.
		These are two Sacraments through which human beings respond to the divine promise of covenant by pledging themselves to God in Christ.
		For young couples pursuing marriage, he explains, how the sacrament of Matrimony is in fact, a reflection of the Blessed Trinity; where two become one, and become three.
	www.star.ucl.ac.uk /~vgg/rc/aplgtc/hahn/m5/Mod5.html (574 words)

	The Seven Catholic Sacraments - Baptism, Confirmation, Communion, Confession, Holy Orders, Marriage, Last Rites
		The Latin word sacramentum means "a sign of the sacred." The seven sacraments are ceremonies that point to what is sacred, significant and important for Christians.
		That's what theologians mean when they say that sacraments are at the same time signs and instruments of God's grace.
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	www.americancatholic.org /Features/Sacraments (126 words)

	Cornell Catholic Community -- Sacraments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The central act of Catholic worship is the Mass, in which Christ Himself becomes present in a very real way in the Eucharist.
		The Eucharist in the Mass, and the other sacraments, are regularly offered to the community at Cornell.
		The 10:00 AM and 5:15 PM Sunday Masses are celebrated in the Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium (second floor) unless otherwise announced.
	www.curw.cornell.edu /Catholic/sacraments.html (255 words)

	Welcome Catholic Terps! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		That's our motto here at the Catholic Student Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.
		First and foremost, we provide Catholic sacraments to the students of the University of Maryland.
		But the packed houses we receive at our 7:00 PM Sunday Mass are only one indication of the enthusiasm of our student community among the Catholics here at Maryland.
	www.catholicterps.org (93 words)

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	crossroadsinitiative.com /.../15/Liturgy_and_Sacraments.html (308 words)

	Catholic Answers: Library: Sacraments
		Sacraments In Scripture: Salvation History Made Present (Tim Gray)
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		Journey Of Faith: Catholic Marriage Preparation (Deacon Roy Barkley)
	www.catholic.com /library/sacraments.asp (90 words)

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