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Sacraments Flashcards

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What was Sacramentum?

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An oath of allegiance from Roman soldiers to their commander & the gods

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What latin word does sacrament come from?

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Sacramentum

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What did latin speaking apologists use the term Sacramentum for?

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To explain to pagan romans what Christians did when initiating new Christians

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How did Augustine define a sacrament?

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“A sign of sacred reality”

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What is a sacrament? (4 words)

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a “door to the sacred”

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What does the phrase “door to the sacred” mean?

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An invitation to religious experience

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What is the formal definition of sacrament?

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An efficacious sign of grave instituted by Christ & entrusted to the Church by which we receive the life of God through the work of the Holy Spirit

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Define efficacious

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It has effects; it works

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Define sign of grace

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A concrete, visible sign of God’s power, help, & support for us

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Define Instituted by Christ

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In some way given form & meaning in the life & teaching of Jesus

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Define entrusted to the Church

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Part of the heritage of Jesus passed on through the history of the Church

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Explain “we receive the life of God”

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Grace: the power of God that draws us closer to God & makes us whole

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Explain “Through the work of the Holy Spirit”

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God, through Jesus, sent the spirit to dwell in each of us, urging us to live like Jesus

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Explain the Jewish roots of the sacraments

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Biblical Israel found its primary “door to the sacred” in its own history as God’s chosen people
(Scripture was a very close 2nd)

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Explain the Roman culture with their sacraments

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  • oaths & offerings
  • oracles
  • festivals & family devotions
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What is an oracle?

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Basically a pagan prophet

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Explain the Greek Mystery Religions

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symbolic rituals that dramatize deeper, secret meaning - “Mysterion”

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What was essential as sacramental theology developed in the early church?

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Mystagogy

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Define Mystagogy

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  • primarily the period of reflection after one was received into the Christian community
  • additionally, thoughtful reflection on the personal experience of a sacrament
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in reference to the sacraments, what was Jesus?

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the primordial sacrament

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what/who was the 1st & most important door to the sacred?

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Jesus Christ

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the person of Jesus communicates what?

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God’s love for the world

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Jesus was/is what?

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a living “symbol” of God

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explain how Jesus was/is a living symbol of God

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Jesus - the visible, tangible human person - put us in touch with the invisible God

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define sign

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a “sign” points to something else (i.e. street signs)

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are sacraments also symbols?

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YES

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define symbol

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  • puts us in touch with something else

- communicates what is unspeakable, what is in the “heart”

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does saying that a sacrament is a symbolic action deny that something real is happening?

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NO

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describe how Sacraments act as symbols

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they communicate on a level deeper than words can express

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How does the church communicate Jesus Christ to other believers & then whole world?

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By living together & supporting one another

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What did Jesus say that supports the statement that by living together & supporting one another the church communicate Jesus Christ to other believers & then whole world

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“This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

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In our love for one another, what do we symbolize?

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Jesus’ relationship with the Church

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What is the other way the Church puts us in touch with Jesus?

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By providing the “official” Sacraments

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What are the 3 groups the sacraments can be placed in?

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  1. Sacraments of Initiation
  2. Sacraments of Healing
  3. Sacraments of Vocation
34
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List the 3 Sacraments of Initiation

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  1. Baptism
  2. Confirmation
  3. Eucharist
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List the 2 Sacraments of Healing

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  1. Reconciliation

2. Anointing of the Sick

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List the 2 Sacraments of Vocation

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  1. Marriage

2. Holy Orders

37
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List the 7 Sacraments

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  1. Baptism
  2. Confirmation
  3. Eucharist
  4. Reconciliation
  5. Anointing of the Sick
  6. Marriage
  7. Holy Orders
38
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Describe Baptism

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Immersion in God’s life

39
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Describe Comfirmation

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Affirming in God’s life

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Describe Eucharist

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Celebration of God’s life

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Describe Reconciliation

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Reconversion to God’s life

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Describe the Anointing of the Sick

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Healing by God’s life

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Describe Marriage

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Union in God’s life

44
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Describe Holy Orders

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Service to God’s life

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What is the Greek word that Baptism comes from?

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Bapto

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What does Bapto mean?

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To dip or to immerse

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What is the essential thing needed for Baptism?

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Water

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What else is needed for Baptism?

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Oil & light

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Define Baptism

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The “gateway” to the Church & the beginning of communion with God

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What does Baptism free us from & welcome us to?

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Frees us from sin & formally welcomes us into the Christian community

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What is Baptism in regards to all the other Sacraments?

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The foundation & prerequisite

52
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What is Baptism rooted in?

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Jesus’ baptism by John in the Jordan & his call at the Ascension (The Great Commission : Matthew 28:19)

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How were new believers baptized in the apostolic period?

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Readily, without much formation or training

54
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How did the Church alter the practice of Baptism once Roman persecution set in?

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Altered it to make sure new believers understood what they were getting themselves into - that they would possibly be killed

55
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What was the catechumenate developed as?

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A period of training for new converts before baptism

56
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How were adults primarily baptized in the early church?

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Upon their conversion

57
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There is evidence that whom were baptized together?

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Whole households (husband, wife, children, slaves, etc.)

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As Augustine expounded his teaching on original sin…what did Christians become increasingly concerned with?

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The salvation of children dying without Baptism

59
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Where did infant baptism begin?

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North Africa

60
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Did infant baptism spread throughout the whole church from North Africa?

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Yes

61
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What did some Christians, like Donastics, believe regarding repentant heretics & schismatics & their baptisms?

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Thought that since they sinned so badly their baptism didn’t work so they needed baptized again

62
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What was Augustine’s position on the Indelible Seal of Baptism?

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Fought against practice of being baptized again, pointing to the seal of baptism

63
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Describe the “seal” or “character” of baptism

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Is like a spiritual tattoo - once there, it isn’t going away

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What did “to seal” originally mean?

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The branding of cattle or sheep (a symbol of Christians)

65
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At baptism, Christians are marked like what?

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Like the branding of cattle

66
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What are Christians welcomed into at baptism?

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They’re part of the family, no matter what they do

They may reject the family, but should they return, they’re welcomed & reconciled, not rebaptized

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Augustine’s position became what?

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The doctrine of the Church & the rule even to today

68
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What does water symbolize in baptism?

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Life, refreshment, renewal, cleansing

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What does immersion symbolize in baptism?

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Dying & rising, rebirth

70
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What does the Sign of the Cross symbolize in baptism?

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Baptized = Christ - follower

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What does Anointing with Chrism (scented oil) symbolize in baptism?

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Strength, life

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What does the white garment in baptism symbolize?

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New life, new beginning, purity

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What does the candle symbolize in baptism?

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Christ - light of the world, spiritual illumination

74
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What is confimation ?

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the 2nd sacrament of initiation

75
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When do most Western Catholics celebrate Confirmation?

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3rd (sacrament of initiation)

76
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Most often, who confers Confirmation to older children / teens?

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The bishop

77
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How does the bishop confer confirmation to older children / teens?

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By anointing their heads w Chrism & saying “Be sealed w the gift of the Holy Spirit”

78
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Describe the Holy Spirit

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  • 3rd person of the Holy Trinity
  • Invisible reality of God
  • expression of love btwn the Father & the Son

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