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SACRAMENT OF SALVATION

The Church as the necessary means of salvation for humankind. All who are saved, therefore, receive the necessary grace somehow through the visible Church founded by Christ.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

2 posted on 05/04/2010 9:16:31 AM PDT by Salvation ( "With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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a couple of previous links:


Soul of the Church
 
Celtic Church

3 posted on 05/04/2010 9:19:40 AM PDT by Salvation ( "With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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I once heard a priest say that we can (in a manner of speaking) say that Jesus Christ is the “sacrament” of God, in the sense that Jesus makes the invisible God visible among men. The Church can be thought of as a “sacrament” of Jesus, in that sense ... He is visible on earth in the Church’s members, collectively.

It’s not a perfect formulation of course, but I’ve found it gives me some food for thought.


7 posted on 05/04/2010 9:30:13 AM PDT by Tax-chick (It's a jungle out there, kiddies; have a very fruitful day.)
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