10. sacraments introduction

SACRAMENTS

INTERPLAY

SACRAMENTS AS CELEBRATION

FAITHPREACHINGTHEOLOGY

LITURGYPRAYER

RITUAL ACTION

FAITH INFLUENCES THE SHAPE PRAYERPRAYER EXPRESSES THE CONTENT OF FAITH

WHEN THE CHURCH CELEBRATES THE SACRAMENTS, IT PREACHES ITS FAITH

DEFINITION

EFFICACIOUS SIGNS OF GRACEINSTITUTED BY CHRIST

ENTRUSTED TO THE CHURCHBY WHICH DIVINE LIFE IS DISPENSED TO US

AS EFFICACIOUS SIGNS OF GRACE,

THEY EFFECT WHAT THEY SIGNIFYSACRAMENTS BEAR FRUIT

IN THOSE WHO RECEIVE THEM

AS INSTITUTED BY CHRIST,

THE LITURGY IS AN ACTION OF CHRIST AND HIS BODY THE CHURCH:WHEN A PERSON BAPTIZES,

IT IS REALLY CHRIST HIMSELF WHO BAPTIZES

SACRAMENTS SOURCE OF FAITH

THE PASCHAL MYSTERY OF CHRIST

REQUIREMENTS OF THE SACRAMENTFAITH

THE CHURCH PREACHES FAITH IN ORDER TO PREPAREBELIEVERS FOR THE SACRAMENTS

HENCE, NO SACRAMENT IS INTEGRALLY CELEBRATED WITHOUT THE WORD OF GOD: LITURGY OF THE WORD

TO MAKE PEOPLE HOLYTO BUILD UP THE BODY OF CHRIST

TO GIVE WORSHIP TO GOD

PURPOSE OF THE SACRAMENT

DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT COMPOSE THE CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS

ASSEMBLYMINISTERS

SCRIPTURAL READINGSGESTURES AND SYMBOLS

MATERIAL OBJECTSOCCASION AND PLACE FOR CELEBRATION

MUSIC, FURNISHINGS

EACH SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATURE, PURPOSE, EFFICACY OF CHRIST’S MYSTERY IN THE SACRAMENTS

EACH UNFOLDS IN ITS OWN WAY THE CHURCH’S DOCTRINE ON THE SACRAMENTS

THE CLASSICAL NUMBER OF SACRAMENTS

SEVEN AND UNDER THREE HEADINGS

CHRISTIAN INITIATIONHEALING

SERVICE, COMMUNION AND MISSION OF THE FAITHFUL