Sacraments

Question 1

What are the 7 sacraments

Answer 1

Baptism / confirmation / reconciliation / anointing the sick / matrimony / Holy orders / Eucharist

Question 2

What is baptism

Answer 2

To make a persons entry into the church official

Question 3

What is confirmation

Answer 3

Ceremony, renews vows made on behalf of baptism. Believed to strengthen the ties of the confirmation to the church and god. bishop anoints the believers forehead holy oil called Chrism

Question 4

What is reconciliation

Answer 4

Confession of sin. How Catholics seek to obtain forgiveness for sins they commit. Must tell a priest about any sinful things they’ve done.. priest will give penance and will pronounce absolution.

Question 5

What does the priest do when someone reconciliates?

Answer 5

Penance (says a certain number of prayers) absolution (gods forgiveness)

Question 6

What is anointing the sick?

Answer 6

Priest of bishops anoints a severely sick person with the oil of the sick, through this the Holy Spirit renews persons faith and strength to cope with illness / also links suffering to Christ’s suffering, allow their sins to be forgiven and heal them, if that’s gods will

Question 7

What is matrimony

Answer 7

Jesus performed the first miracle at a wedding. Believe god is present at ceremony and promises are made before him / couples joined in holy matrimony should be together for life / the union is the way that god blesses a couple, blesses then through one another

Question 8

What is holy orders

Answer 8

Process by which men are deacons, priest or bishops. Like matrimony, it’s a commitment for life

Question 9

What is the Eucharist

Answer 9

Seen as “the source and summit of the Christian life” / receiving the body and blood of Christ joins people together in faith and gives them the strength to live Christian lives and face any problems they may encounter