The document discusses the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. It explains that sacraments are physical signs of spiritual realities. The first three sacraments - baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist - are known as the sacraments of initiation. The final four are confession, anointing of the sick, holy orders, and matrimony. Each sacrament is then briefly described in terms of its purpose, symbols, and significance within Catholic theology.

1. Roman Catholicism
The 7 Sacraments

2. What is a Sacrament?
 A Sacrament is a physical sign of a
spiritual reality
 There are 7 sacraments
 The first 3 are known as the sacraments
of initiation
 They are baptism, confirmation, and
eucharist
 The final 4 sacraments are confession,
anointing the sick, holy orders and
matrimony

3. Why Baptism? Because Jesus did.

4. Baptism
 The symbolic plunging and
rising up again from the water.
 it reminds us that a new
Catholic enters into Christ’s
death and then rises to a new
life of grace
 It is the sign of joining the
Christian family (was formerly
circumcision)
 Both for men and women and
children

5. Symbols of Baptism
 Water – water represents
cleansing
 Oil – in ancient world, oil
was used to anoint kings
and queens to show they
were set apart
 White garment – Purity,
means putting on Christ,
similar to a bride
 Candle – Christ is the light
of the world and so we
should be as well

6. Confirmation
 It is the completion of
baptism.
 You are saying that
this is your faith not
just your parents if
baptized as an infant
 To be done when one
has reached the “age
of reason”

7. Effects of Confirmation
1. The full outpouring of the
holy Spirit
2. Binding us more closely
to the Church and more
firmly to Christ
3. Increasing the gifts of the
Holy Spirit in us,
especially his strength to
spread the faith by word
and deed

8. Eucharist
 The Eucharist is the celebration of
the death, burial and resurrection of
Jesus.
 it is called the Lord's Supper.
 Christians are invited to celebrate
the Eucharist every week during
Mass.
 Children usually make their First
Holy Communion at the age of 7 or
8.
 This is a formal affair, and children
completing their First Holy
Communion wear formal attire.

9. Eucharist
Transubstantiation
– the transfer of the
substance of bread and
wine at Mass to the Body
and Blood of Jesus
Christ.
 Cleanses from sin and
gives spiritual energy
and nourishment

11. Anointing of the Sick
 Sacrament offered to
those who are
suffering from serious
illness, for the elderly,
for those facing major
surgery, and for the
dying.
 Primarily lead by
priests or bishops.
 They anoint the
persons body and
pray for them.

12. Sacrament of Confession / Reconciliation
 It is a sacrament of
healing through which
Christ extends
forgiveness to
sinners, bringing
about reconciliation
with God and the
Church.
 Given to priest in a
confessional
anonymously

13. Involves:
 Contrition – feeling sorry for your sins
 Confession – admitting our faults
 Absolution – the priest forgives us in the
name of Christ Jesus
 Satisfaction – or penance, something to
make repair for the harms our sins have
caused

14.  The Church
teaches that there
are two primary
purposes of
marriage:
1. Procreative – be
fruitful and multiply
2. Unitive – become
one body
Matrimony

15.  A sign of God
calling a man and
woman to holiness
through ordinary
married life.
 God is the source
of marriage.
 Marriage is meant
to be a covenant.
Matrimony

16. Till Death Do Us Part…

17. Holy Orders
 All of us are called to
serve others as part of a
common priesthood, but
the Church also has
those who minister to
us:
 Deacons – helpers to
priests
 Priests – servants to
God’s people, celebrate
the Eucharist

18. Holy Orders
 Bishops – servants to
God’s people and the
priests in their area
 Religious nuns and
brothers – servants to
all of God’s people.
Join orders and take
3 vows:
 Poverty, chastity, and
obedience

19. Women & Celibacy
 Women
 The Catholic Church
doesn’t ordain women
because Jesus didn’t and
because the priest is a
representation of Christ
who was male.
 Women can become
nuns
 Celibacy
 Celibacy is the state of
being unmarried that
priests and other religious
leaders choose in order
to dedicate their lives
totally to Jesus and God’s
people
 In the Latin rite of the
Church priests cannot
marry
 This may change one day
as it is only a doctrine of
the church