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: Чөмүлтүлүү, Ырастоо, the Eucharist, Мойнуна алуу, Нике, Orders, and the Оорулууларды майлоо.
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, мисалы, 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 (көрүү Жакандын Инжили, 3:5, and the Апостолдордун иштери, 2:38). The Sacraments are patterned after the Incarnation, in which God, a spiritual being, took on human flesh–and 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 (again, көрүү Жон 3:5; 9:7; Апостолдордун иштери, 8:37; Paul’s Letter to Titus 3:5; or Peter’s First Letter 3:20 – 21); as well as oil (карагыла Марктын Инжили 6:13, or the Жакыптын каты 5:14); clay (көрүү Жон 9:6); garments (Марк 5:25 же Лука 8:43); and even handkerchiefs (карагыла Апостолдордун иштери 19:11-12).
God’s grace is transmitted through other sensible things, да, such as Mary’s voice and Peter’s shadow (карагыла Луканын Инжили 1:41, 44, and the Апостолдордун иштери 5:15, respectively).