This document discusses the sacraments of the Christian church. It describes sacraments as efficacious signs of grace instituted by Christ and entrusted to the church to dispense divine life. It explains that sacraments bear fruit in those who receive them by effecting what they signify through the liturgical actions of Christ and his body, the church. The document also outlines that sacraments require faith, are celebrated through the interplay of faith, liturgy, preaching and prayer, and have the purpose of making people holy and building up the body of Christ.