The Meaning and Importance of Sacraments

L.O.• To know what a sacrament is• To name the 7 sacraments• To understand why the sacraments are important

What is a Sacrament? sign an inward visible of grace a

• What does this tell you grace must be like?• What does this tell you about what a sacrament

must involve?

Can you think of something else you do, but whose effects you can’t see ?

The 7 Sacraments• Baptism• Confirmation• Eucharist• Reconciliation• Marriage• Holy orders• Anointing of the sick

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Group the Sacraments by Type

Initiation HealingVocation

Sacraments important as physical, visible signs of God’s grace.

• Many Protestants (methodists, evangelicals, quakers etc) say you can only know God through faith. There aren’t any objects, or people(eg “priests”), that can hold or administer God’s grace, apart from your faith.

In the Last Supper, Jesus himself told us

to consecrate the bread and wine as

objects through which he would

make himself present.

Do you agree with the protestant view? Explain, referring to some of the arguments in the bubbles.

I prefer to trust God through His Church & its rituals, rather

than in my faith, which is unreliable.

In the Old Testament, oil, water, sacred stones as altars were all used to

show God’s presence in a special way.

The world is a physical place, and God was born as Jesus in a physical body. So the physical world can be a

way of transmitting his grace.

I don’t know if my faith is good enough or not. How can I have peace if I keep wondering? I need physical signs of his presence.

Write down 3 key words you learnt this lesson and give a definition

• sacrament• Initiation• Baptism• Reconciliation