Introduction to Sacraments

Question 1

Latin for Sacrament

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Sacramentum

Question 2

means “oath”

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Sacraments

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a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one’s future action or behavior.

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Sacraments

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sacred agreement “to show how those who are baptized are configured to Christ with an indelible mark that can never be taken or washed away.”

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Sacramentum

Question 5

The bread is the _____________ (the __________________) and Jesus is the ______ (the ____) it represents.

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external sign; Sacramentum; reality; res

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Thus, each of the seven sacraments contains both a _____ and a _________ (___________________________).

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sign; reality; sacramentum et res

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27 A.D. Easter

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Baptism, Eucharist

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150 AD

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Reconciliation

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200

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Holy Order
Anointing

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400

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Marriage

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1000

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Confirmation

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1150

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Marriage

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something hidden or secret, a word originally devoid of any religious meaning and significance, to their sacred rituals and activities.

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mysterion

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discovered an important aspect of the sacraments – the act of remembrance (or anamnesis) so that “the sacrament themselves recalled the saving activity of God in the incarnation.”

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Isidore of Seville (633)

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a monk in the Abbey of St. Victor, was dissatisfied with the broad definition of Augustine on the sacrament, and proposed a narrower definition which includes “not only the familiar seven but also such things as the incarnation of Christ, the Church, holy water, bleed ashes, the sign of the cross and vows.

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Hugh

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The word _________________ replaced the Greek word
mysterion.

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sacramentum

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only regarded Baptism and Eucharist as the sacred rites

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Tertullain

Question 18

Later in the 4th century, _______________ (354-430) spoke of the sacrament as ________________________________________________________________

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Augustine; “a sacrum signum or a verbu, visible (a sacred sign or visible word).

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enumerate only six sacraments, excluding holy orders

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Peter Abelard

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“gathered together biblical quotations and patristic texts on every major theological issue of the day, and added on his own observations conclusions about them.” His work became very helpful because it was accepted and came to be adopted as a “standard theological source book for all beginning theology students.” His treatment on the number of sacraments was seven, as it was practiced during his day and as the way we know it today. For him, something is properly called a sacrament because it is a sign of God’s grace, and is such an image of invisible grace that it bears likeness and exists as its cause.

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Peter Lombard

Question 21

Sacrament comes from the two Latin words “Sacra” meaning “______”, and “mentum” meaning “_____”.

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holy; sign

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refers to the hidden plan of God of always wanting to save, Renew, and unite all things in Christ

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Mysteriou

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• 1 st develop the theory of sacrament.

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St. Augustine

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He placed the sacramentum in the category if signa, which for him a visible sign of the invisible reality

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St. Augustine

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Efficacious symbol – one that affects what it symbolizes and it symbolizes what it affects.

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St. Aquinas

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one that affects what it symbolizes and it symbolizes what it affects

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Efficacious symbol

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is a material sign which gives grace, affecting what it symbolizes; it causes grace by symbolizing grace so Christ the eternal word made flesh, is the visible sign, the sacrament of God.

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Sacrament

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meaning he is not just the originator of the sacraments, but there primary agent and fullest expression

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Christ-Primordial Sacrament

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As the Source/Originator, Jesus is the one who all the sacraments are rooted and from whom they derive their efficacy

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Christ-Primordial Sacrament

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As Primary Agent, he is the one who, through the actions and words of the minister celebrating the various sacraments, baptizes, confirms, forgives, and reconciles, heals, offers himself in sacrifice, binds in faithful love, and consecrates for service;

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Christ-Primordial Sacrament

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As Goal of all Sacraments, Christ is the perfection toward which our life on earth tends.

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Christ-Primordial Sacrament

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which means the risen Christ present by being his body, and by celebrating his saving acts in the seven ritual sacraments. The sacraments were instituted by Christ and entrusted to the church. Jesus in his humanity is the sacrament of God’s love for all, the Church is the sacrament of Jesus; and the seven ritual sacraments are the sacrament of the Church

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Church - Foundational Sacrament

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the Seven Sacraments:

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Baptism
Confirmation
Eucharist
Confession
Anointing of the Sick
Marriage
Holy Orders

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The effect of the sacraments is twofold:

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–to draw us into a closer relationship to the Church
–to relate to Christ himself, in the Spirit and to the Father