The Seven Sacraments This paper will be covering the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. The seven sacraments of the Catholic Church are very important aspects of the Catholic religion. Each has special meaning and is a right of passage for most Catholics. Written in the Catechism of the Catholic Church‚ it is noted that "the seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life" (Catechism 341). The first three sacraments‚ Baptism‚ Confirmation and the Eucharist
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shown that Jesus held marriage in great esteem‚ for it was at a wedding where he performed his first public miracle. Furthermore‚ it is Jesus who raises Marriage to a Sacrament of the New Law. Our Lord is also the one who told us that divorce was wrong. He says‚ "What God has joined together‚ no human being must separate."(Matrimony 1). <br><br>Although what we were told by God‚ in many primitive civilizations marriage was primarily industrial. During early times husband and wife were not much together;
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Analyse the significance for the individual of ONE of the following Christian practices - Baptism - Marriage ceremony - Saturday/Sunday worship Marriage is a personal union between individuals. This union may also be called matrimony‚ while the ceremony that marks its beginning is called a wedding and the status created is sometimes called wedlock. The act of marriage changes the personal status of the individuals in the eyes of the law and society. Marriage is an institution in which interpersonal
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Colombia ever since the Conquistadors first introduced it to the country. As such‚ Colombian Catholics strive to complete the seven sacraments of baptism‚ reconciliation‚ Eucharist‚ confirmation‚ matrimony‚ holy orders‚ and the anointing of the sick. By completing these sacraments Catholics strengthen their relationship with God. In Colombia‚ the sacrament of matrimony is a very big deal. Weddings are large and grand‚ with lots and lots of people in attendance. A Colombian touch which is added to
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divine will and in the eyes of society too is a lasting one. For the good of the spouses and their off-springs as well as of society‚ the existence of the sacred bond no longer depends on human decisions alone. For‚ God Himself is the author of matrimony‚ endowed as it is with various benefits and purposes. (St. Augustine‚ De Bene coniugali PL 40‚ 375-376 and 394‚ St. Thomas‚ Summa Theologica‚ Suppl. Quaest. 49‚ art. 3 ad 1‚ Decretum pro Armenis: Denz.-Schoen. 1327; Pius XI‚ encyclical letter Casti
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the word sacrament? -Ecclesiastical . a visible sign of an inward grace‚ especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord’s Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism‚ confirmation‚ the Eucharist‚ matrimony‚ penance‚ holy orders‚ and extreme unction. 2. Define sacrament. -Also called Holy Sacrament. the Eucharist
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Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. This Council was responsible for the establishment of the original Catholic traditions‚ such as the Sacraments‚ church teachings‚ and The Eucharist‚ just to name a few. It was not until the 20th century‚ that another assemblage‚ known as The Vatican II Council‚ reshaped many of the traditions and sacraments that Catholicism was originally founded on. The Catholic Tradition revolves around two primary principles‚ Doctrine and Disciplines. Doctrines
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Lutheran "A Lutheran is a person who believes‚ teaches and confesses the truths of God’s Word as they are summarized and confessed in the Book of Concord." The Book of Concord contains the Lutheran confessions of faith. Being a Lutheran is being a person who believes the truths of God’s Word‚ the Holy Bible‚ as they are correctly explained and taught in the Book of Concord. To do so is to confess the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Lutheran Church is the oldest Protestant Christian tradition‚ dating
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Mark’s passage titled “Peter’s Confession about Jesus” portrays a message that teaches us that the people whom you are closest with‚ such as your friends and family members‚ are the only ones who truly know you enough to judge what type of person you are. Peter considered Jesus to be the Messiah‚ yet those who didn’t know Jesus on a personal level only thought of him as being something similar to a prophet. After Jesus asked what people said of him‚ his disciples replied “John the Baptist‚ others
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Rogier van der Weyden’s Seven Sacraments Altarpiece depicts penance and the everyday rites of the Christian society that are executed from birth to death. Hieronymus Bosch’s Table Top of the Seven Deadly Sins exhibits the seven sins engaged by people under the watchful eye of Christ that must be accounted for on judgement day. Both works are representations of the same important idea of penance. The apparent realism of artists such as Rogier van der Weyden and Hieronymus Bosch is more than mere imitation
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