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: Vaftiz, Onayla, the Efkaristiya, itiraf, evlilik, Orders, ve Hastaların Yağlanması.
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, Örneğin, 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 (Görmek Yuhanna İncili, 3:5, ve Havarilerin İşleri, 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 (Tekrar, Görmek John 3:5; 9:7; Havarilerin İşleri, 8:37; Paul'ün Letter to Titus 3:5; or Peter’s İlk harf 3:20 – 21); as well as oil (görmek Mark İncili 6:13, or the James Mektubu 5:14); clay (Görmek John 9:6); garments (İşaret 5:25 veya Luka 8:43); and even handkerchiefs (görmek Havarilerin İşleri 19:11-12).
God’s grace is transmitted through other sensible things, fazla, such as Mary’s voice and Peter’s shadow (görmek Luka İncili 1:41, 44, ve Havarilerin İşleri 5:15, respectively).