Eucharist(Gr. eucharistia, thanksgiving). The name given to the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar its twofold aspect of sacrament and Sacrifice of Mass, and in which Jesus Christ is truly present…
Anointing Of The Sick (Extreme Unction)A sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ to give spiritual aid and comfort and perfect spiritual health, including, if need be, the remission…
Catholics and Protestants both have sacraments. In Protestant Christianity, we have two: baptism and communion. Catholicism adds five more. In Protestantism, the sacraments are outward symbols of obedience and commitment,…
The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great (d. 604), the early…
The Real Presence of Christ in the EucharistIn this article we shall consider: the fact of the Real Presence, which is, indeed, the central dogma; the several allied dogmas grouped…
Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest’s absolution to those who with true…
That Christian marriage (i.e. marriage between baptized persons) is really a sacrament of the New Law in the strict sense of the word is for all Catholics an indubitable truth.…
Order is the appropriate disposition of things equal and unequal, by giving each its proper place (St. Aug., “De civ. Dei,” XIX, xiii). Order primarily means a relation. It is…
A sacrement in which the Holy Ghost is given to those already baptized in order to make them strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ. It has been…
One of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the “first sacrament“, the “door of the sacraments“, and the “door of the Church“. The subject will be treated…