Sakramenti

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: Krštenje, Potvrda, the euharistije, Ispovijed, Brak, Orders, i Bolesničko pomazanje.

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, na primjer, 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 (vidjeti Evanđelje po Ivanu, 3:5, i Djela apostolska, 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 (opet, vidjeti Ivan 3:5; 9:7; Djela apostolska, 8:37; Pavla Pismo Titu 3:5; or Peter’s First Letter 3:20 – 21); as well as oil (vidjeti Evanđelje po Marku 6:13, or the Jakovljevo pismo 5:14); clay (vidjeti Ivan 9:6); garments (Ocjena 5:25 ili Luke 8:43); and even handkerchiefs (vidjeti Djela apostolska 19:11-12).

God’s grace is transmitted through other sensible things, isto, such as Mary’s voice and Peter’s shadow (vidjeti Evanđelje po Luki 1:41, 44, i Djela apostolska 5:15, odnosno).

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