sacraments

• “You point out that several spices were used in sacraments before they were used as seasonings.”

  A Conversation with Jack Turner

• “The Catholic doctrine of the sacraments is shocking to everyone.”

  Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:

• “The sacrament of marriage, of the other six sacraments, is most like the sacrament of the Eucharist in that it is the intimate and exclusive gift of one's self to another, a reality signified and realized in the exchange of vows and the union of body and soul.”

  Holy Communion and Non-Catholics

• “Baptists do not believe in sacraments exactly, but in ordinances.”

  How I Became a Sci Fi Catholic, Part 1

• “And if you think maintaining a personal relationship with God without the sacraments is tough, I can tell you: it gets worse.”

  RCIA Presentation: The Old Testament

• “In cathedrals throughout the country, the bishops celebrate special masses during which the Chrism, a sacred oil used in the sacraments, is consecrated.”

  Pascua - Easter Holy Week in Mexico

• “Anticlericalism, based on the belief that contemporary clergy were generally immoral and on the rejection of certain sacraments, especially baptism, were among the heretical positions spread by wandering preachers in the early twelfth century.”

  A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

• “Those five commonly called sacraments, that is to say Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock

• “The ministry of the word and sacraments is designed for no other end than to lead people to Christ, and to make him more and more manifest.”

  Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)

• “Five other rites are commonly referred to as sacraments because of the Church's long experience of them.”

  An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey

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