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How Does the Catechism define th sacraments?

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As effacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted by Christ, by which divine life is dispensed to us

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What are the three parts of a sacrament?

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The outward sign, instituted by Christ, and to give us grace and make us holy.

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What is the Outward sign?

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a sign or symbol that points to something. We are physical people, so we need physical signs. Sacraments use physical elements because we believe creation is good and we are apart of it.

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How does Christ act through the sacraments?

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In a way we can udnerstand

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What union do we have?

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We have a soul body union.

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What is instituted by Christ?

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The sacraments are rooted in Jesus and traceable to him. Each sacrament is an extension of the ministry of Jesus

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What is the primordial sacrament?

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Jesus, he is the first and source of all sacraments

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Why are sacraments so powerful?

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Jesus is present in all of them, they allow us a taste of heaven

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The church both ________ & ____________.

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Contains and communicates

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What is the vessel of Gods grace?

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The church

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What is the universal sacrament?

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The Church

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What is grace?

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“a participation in the life of God”, gods divine life allowing us to go beyond our human nature

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What is sacramental grace?

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God has promised he wants to offer grace to us in this way. We can go to them in confidence. This is the fruit of each sacrament, through which the holy spirit makes us more like Jesus.

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What is the purpose of the seven sacraments?

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they help us reorder our lives to the original goodness of god’s creation.

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What is the difference between a covenant and a contract?

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A contract is a formal relationship while a covenant is a family relationship`

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what is the Greek translation for testament?

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covenant

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What word was first used to reference sacraments?

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mystery

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What were examples of what Augustine understood to be signs of sacraments?

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Ashes, our father, Nicene creed

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Who spelled out the 7 scaraments?

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Peter Lombard

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Who declared the 7 sacraments?

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The council of Florence

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Whor reaffirmed the council of Florence?

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Trent

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What is hierophany?

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phanio-thin Ephinay/reveal

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What is an effacacious sign?

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the sign that makes something happen, having grace

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What is sacramental vision?

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God is present everywhere

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What was the Donatist response to the bishops being readmitted?
Donatist believed that some bishops don't recognize the sacraments they performed and rebaptized the people who were baptized by the readmitted bishops.
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What is donatism?
Hersey which claims that sacraments performed by unholy priest were not valid.
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What does Hippo say about these bishops?
Sacraments derive their grace from God; the holiness of the priest does not affect the validity of the sacraments.
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True or false: Certain sacraments have a certain character or seal.
true!
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What is Thomas Aquinas' clarification?
the ultimate cause was not the sacrament itself but God?
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What is Thomas Aquinas' clarification?
the ultimate cause was not the sacrament itself, but God and he reaffirms the grace of the sacrament was not related to the holiness of the minister.
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What is nominalism?
Philosophy; names are just conventions, not essential but our senses are often mistaken and therefore our human knowledge is contingent and requires a secure, non human source of knowledge
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What does nominalism focus on?
the focus is entirely on Gods revealed World in the bible. It is limited to what is found in the bible.
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True or false: Sacraments will preserve us from our temptations and suffering
False! They will allow us to get through it with our relationship with God intact
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What are we ultimately called to become?
Saints
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What is sacramental grace?
God has promised he wants to offer grace to us in this way, we can go to them in confidence. This is the fruit of each sacrament, through which the holy spirit makes us more like Jesus. it is a two-way street/dialogue.
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What are the three elements of the sacraments?
The form (the words), the matter (the actions/materials), the proper minister (the human agent)
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What are the three basic categories of sacraments?
Initiation: Baptism, confirmation, Eucharist Healing: Reconciliation, Anointing Service: Holy orders, Marriage
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Each time we receive the sacrament what is united?
Heaven and Earth
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What is baptism?
holy baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in spirit, and the door to which give access to other sacraments.
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what is the symbolism of water?
life
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Why is water significant?
This is because you can use water to purify and cleanse but water can be destructive, sin is destroyed in baptism. God uses a symbol he knows we will understand.
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Real Symbols:
Bring together more than one possible meaning and include themselves in the thing they symbolize ex. blood
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Conventional Sign:
Agreed upon signs nothing intrinsic ex. Stop sign
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Scriptural roots
the baptism john performed was for repentance but was not the same as baptism established by Christ
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Baptism of Jesus
John asks to be baptized by Jesus, Jesus insists of being baptized by him, usually greater authorizes baptize the others
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Why was Jesus baptized?
Jesus was in solidarity with humanity He renews humanity in the waters of the new flood
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What happens after his baptism?
The holy spirit brings him to the desert where he overcomes his desires
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Who is Nicodemus?
he is a pharisee, a scholar of law, and his conversation with Jesus affirms baptism as a need for our salvation
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Baptism of blood
Suffering and dying for Christ without being baptized
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Baptism by desire
Their explicit desire for baptism
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Chism
sign of sealing of the gifts of the holy spirit. Oil used for centuries as a sign of Gods favor
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Sacraments are an extension of...
Jesus' earthly ministry
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Matter:
What a thing is made from (not atoms)
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Form:
What kind of thing it is
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Matter+form=
an individual thing (aristotle)
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What is the matter in baptism and why
water beacause it is life-giving, cleansing, life-sustaining
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affusion
pouring water over them 3 times
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Early baptism
typically full submersion
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ordinary minister
bishop, priest, of deacon
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what does the plunge into water symbolize?
symbolizes the catechisms burial into Christs death, from which he rises up by resurrection with him, as a "new nature"
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What is baptism?
A visible sign of our death w/ Christ and faith in his resurrection
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Why does Adams sign change from a personal sin to an orginal sin?
This is because it affects all of humainty
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True or false: Original sin is contracted not committed
true!
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Original sin is the deprevation of..
original holiness and justice
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concupiscence
the inclination to evil
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Original sin
The fallen state of human nature into which all generations of people are born
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personal sin
a sin a person chooses to make
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Original holiness
the state of humans before the fall
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Original Justice
the first humans, created good, did not suffer or die, enjoyed peace and a relationship with God.
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Baptism initiates a person into a lifelong process of continuing....
conversion
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Why infant baptism?
Shows our faith in Gods initiative, God does not withhold love from anyone, we are born with a fallen state of nature.
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The grace of justification-
leads to real spiritual transformation and is the specific grace of baptism.
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Baptizo
A Greek word "to plunge or immerse or wash"
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Effects of baptism
"a new creature", adopted son, member of christ, teple of the holy spirit
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Effects of baptism
"a new creature", adopted son, member of christ, temple of the holy spirit
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Indelible sign
marks us permanently, we belong to Jesus, cannot be repeated or withdrawn, valid for life, ongoing/never rebuked

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