Define: Sign
simple, and direct way of communicating a normal direct message
Symbol
Complex kind of communication - goes beyond words
The sacraments are what?
Capable of effecting change in us and the world
Incarnation definition
Jesus is God who became human and shares in the divine nature
Outward sign
Connection of the human experience to the Paschal Mystery
Jesus is the ________ Sacrament
Primordial (or root)
Personal experience
The individual act and response to God’s love
Communal experience
Part of the life of the Church (the Body of Christ)
Natural life “sacraments” were
Birth, maturity, nourishment, sickness, function in life
How did the Church grow?
The Apostles went out to create different groups which made the community bigger.
Define: The Church
The people of God
Saint Paul
Used to persecute followers of Jesus, Paul was converted and died as a martyr
Pope Francis
Bishop of the Diocese of Rome, supreme authority of the Entire Church, 266th Pope
The Church worship in ways including…
singing, reading from Bible and a homily, taking communion, traditional religious rites, and etc
Who first used the word “sacramentum”
Tertullian
The Roman Empire fell in the West which caused the ____ ages
dark
Who believed that almost anything could be a sacrament or sign of God?
St Augustine
Sacraments of words:
sermons, prayers and reading of the Scriptures
Sacraments of actions:
Various symbols and rituals used in worship
The Council of Trent
Council that affirmed there are only 7 sacraments
According to The Council of Trent, sacraments are causes of what?
grace
Sacrament definition
An outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace
Grace definition (#1)
The creative, sustaining and transforming self-gift of God that is always being offered to us
Grace definition (#2)
Sharing in the life of God, the divine life
The Second Vatican Council
called for a change and renewal, that made Jesus the one sacrament.
The word sacramentum was associated with what
Seven rituals/ sacraments
Seven Sacraments
Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, Marriage