Na Sacraimintí

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: Baisteadh, Daingniú, an Eocairist, Admháil, Pósadh, Orders, agus an Aontú na dTinne.

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, mar shampla, 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 (féach Soiscéal Eoin, 3:5, agus an Gníomhartha na nAspal, 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 (arís, féach Eoin 3:5; 9:7; Gníomhartha na nAspal, 8:37; Paul’s Litir chuig Titus 3:5; or Peter’s An Chéad Litir 3:20 – 21); as well as oil (féach ar an Soiscéal Mharcais 6:13, or the Litir Shéamuis 5:14); clay (féach Eoin 9:6); garments (Marcáil 5:25 nó Lúcás 8:43); and even handkerchiefs (féach ar an Gníomhartha na nAspal 19:11-12).

God’s grace is transmitted through other sensible things, freisin, such as Mary’s voice and Peter’s shadow (féach ar an Soiscéal Lúcáis 1:41, 44, agus an Gníomhartha na nAspal 5:15, respectively).

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