CCC 1210

Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH

Entities

Anointing of the Sick Baptism Confirmation Eucharist Faith Holy Orders Matrimony Messiah Reconciliation

Topics

baptism, baptized, christian, life christ, god, hope, church anointing, holy, sick, sacrament

Christ instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation (or Chrismation), the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. the seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life: they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian's life of faith. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life.

Footnotes

Cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, STh III, 65, 1.

Church Fathers (1)

Thomas Aquinas

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