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As the name implies, the Sacraments are sacred rites instituted in the Church by Jesus. Properly speaking, there are seven Sacraments in the Catholic faith: Bapto, Konfirmo, la Eŭkaristio, Konfeso, Geedzeco, Orders, kaj la Sankto de la Malsanuloj.

Through the Sacraments believers receive God’s grace through material things like water, bread, wine and oil.

The Sacraments may be understood as outward signs that convey the grace they signify. Water, ekzemple, signifies cleanliness and life. By the grace of God, the waters of Baptism actually cleanse the soul of sin and fill it with divine life (vidu Evangelio de Johano, 3:5, kaj la Agoj de la Apostoloj, 2:38). The Sacraments are patterned after the Incarnation, in which God, a spiritual being, took on human fleshand the invisible one became visible.

The idea of grace being transferred through material things is a Biblical concept.

In the New Testament alone, we see water used in this way (denove, vidu Johano 3:5; 9:7; Agoj de la Apostoloj, 8:37; Paul’s Letter to Titus 3:5; or Peter’s First Letter 3:20 – 21); as well as oil (vidu la Evangelio laŭ Marko 6:13, or the Letero de Jakobo 5:14); clay (vidu Johano 9:6); garments (Mark 5:25 aŭ Luko 8:43); and even handkerchiefs (vidu la Agoj de la Apostoloj 19:11-12).

God’s grace is transmitted through other sensible things, ankaŭ, such as Mary’s voice and Peter’s shadow (vidu la Evangelio laŭ Luko 1:41, 44, kaj la Agoj de la Apostoloj 5:15, respektive).

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