Intro Quiz Flashcards
He gives grace through
Material signs that effect what they signify
The seven sacraments are
Entrusted to and dispensed through the Church
In the superabundance of his mercy, God gives
Actual grace to everyone directly
Through the Church’s sacraments, he gives Christians
Sanctifying grace- a share of his own life
Our duty is to celebrate the sacraments the way God wants
With the dispositions he wants us to have
A sacrament is an
efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life of grace is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit. And Sacraments confer the grace they signify.
There are two kinds of grace
Sanctifying and actual
The Church is universal
Sacrament of Jesus Christ, and the banker of the sacramental economy
Redemption is mediated through
The seven sacraments
Christ acts through the
Sacraments
Sacraments are a way to deal with the
Mysteries through sacraments
What is a sign
That which stands or points toward something else
What is a symbol?
A visible sign of an invisible reality which embodies what it represents
Grace is. Gift that we can
Ignore or accept, given despite our errors, no authentic response but gratitude or awe
What is a ritual/rite?
Sets the atmosphere in which symbol manifests itself. Eliminating time and space and establishing sacred time and space
