ಸ್ಯಾಕ್ರಮೆಂಟ್ಸ್

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: ಬ್ಯಾಪ್ಟಿಸಮ್, ದೃಢೀಕರಣ, ದಿ ಯೂಕರಿಸ್ಟ್, ತಪ್ಪೊಪ್ಪಿಗೆ, ದಾಂಪತ್ಯ, Orders, ಮತ್ತು ರೋಗಿಗಳ ಅಭಿಷೇಕ.

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, ಉದಾಹರಣೆಗೆ, 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 (ನೋಡಿ ಜಾನ್ ಸುವಾರ್ತೆ, 3:5, ಮತ್ತು ಅಪೊಸ್ತಲರ ಕಾಯಿದೆಗಳು, 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 (ಮತ್ತೆ, ನೋಡಿ ಜಾನ್ 3:5; 9:7; ಅಪೊಸ್ತಲರ ಕಾಯಿದೆಗಳು, 8:37; Paul’s Letter to Titus 3:5; or Peter’s ಮೊದಲ ಪತ್ರ 3:20 – 21); as well as oil (see the ಮಾರ್ಕನ ಸುವಾರ್ತೆ 6:13, or the ಜೇಮ್ಸ್ ಪತ್ರ 5:14); ಮಣ್ಣಿನ (ನೋಡಿ ಜಾನ್ 9:6); garments (ಮಾರ್ಕ್ 5:25 ಅಥವಾ ಲ್ಯೂಕ್ 8:43); and even handkerchiefs (see the ಅಪೊಸ್ತಲರ ಕಾಯಿದೆಗಳು 19:11-12).

God’s grace is transmitted through other sensible things, ತುಂಬಾ, such as Mary’s voice and Peter’s shadow (see the ಲ್ಯೂಕ್ನ ಸುವಾರ್ತೆ 1:41, 44, ಮತ್ತು ಅಪೊಸ್ತಲರ ಕಾಯಿದೆಗಳು 5:15, respectively).

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