Unit 1 Sacraments

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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