संस्कार

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: बपतिस्मा, पुष्टीकरण, the युहरिस्ट, स्वीकारोक्ति, विवाह, Orders, and the बीमारों का अभिषेक.

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, उदाहरण के लिए, 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 (देखना जॉन का सुसमाचार, 3:5, and the प्रेरितों के कार्य, 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 (दोबारा, देखना जॉन 3:5; 9:7; प्रेरितों के कार्य, 8:37; Paul’s Letter to Titus 3:5; or Peter’s प्रथम पत्र 3:20 – 21); as well as oil (see the मार्क का सुसमाचार 6:13, or the जेम्स का पत्र 5:14); clay (देखना जॉन 9:6); garments (निशान 5:25 या ल्यूक 8:43); and even handkerchiefs (see the प्रेरितों के कार्य 19:11-12).

God’s grace is transmitted through other sensible things, बहुत, such as Mary’s voice and Peter’s shadow (see the ल्यूक का सुसमाचार 1:41, 44, and the प्रेरितों के कार्य 5:15, respectively).

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