Matter and Form
This is the Aristotelian concepts used to study and explain the Seven Sacraments, popularized for theology by Saint Thomas Aquinas.
What is the Matter and Form?
The Sacrament of Confirmation is associated with this major story from the Acts of Apostles, described as the "birth" or revelation of the Church.
What is Pentecost?
This is the name of the process of Initiation to the Catholic Church, popular known by the acronym RCIA.
What is the Rite for Christian Initiation for Adults?
The Sacraments of Initiation essentially unite the individual to the Church and THIS IMPORTANT THEOLOGICAL TERM about Jesus' salvation.
What is the Paschal Mystery?
This is the age recognized by the Catholic Church to be the "age of reason."
What is the age of SEVEN?
This is the "Matter" of Baptism.
What is water?
In this Synoptic Gospel STORY, the heavens open for Jesus with the Holy Spirit descending upon him like dove concluding with the voice of God the Father declaring Jesus to be His Son. What is the name of this story?
What is the Baptism of Jesus?
In the RCIA process, this is the last "Rite" that concludes the Purification Stage.
What are the Sacraments of Initiation?
Theologically (and historically), this is proper order of the Sacraments of Initiation.
What is the order of BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION, and EUCHARIST?
In the Eastern Church (Orthodox or Greek Catholic), the Sacraments of Initiation are celebrated together for this age group.
Who are infants?
This is the technical term for the "Form" of Baptism, expressed as "I baptize you in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit."
What is the "Trinitarian Formula"?
These are the three christs (or messiahs) of the Old Testament that showed a special role in the Kingdom of Israel.
Who are the priests, prophets, and kings?
This stage is basically the training stage of the RCIA, that involves catechesis (a method of formation and instruction).
What is the Catechumenate stage?
This theological term refers to the salvation of those who have been martyred but have not physically be baptized.
What is Baptism by Blood?
According to the Church, this Sacrament is necessary for salvation.
What is Baptism?
This is the "Form" of Confirmation. This explains the technical purpose of the Sacrament in Initiation.
What is the saying: "Be Sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit."
This BOOK AND CHAPTER is the primary New Testament passage from Saint Paul, used in the Easter Vigil, that explains the theological initiation effect of Baptism.
What is Roman 6?
This liturgical season was created for the purification/enlightenment stage of preparing the Elect directly to the Sacraments of Initiation.
What is Lent?
Theologically, this is the most important element that has to be present in all the 7 Sacraments.
What is faith?
This theological expression refers to those who are not physically baptized, but have lived a good life and have the possibility of salvation.
What is Baptism by desire?
In the Western Catholic Church, this is the primary (and ordinary) minister of the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Who is the bishop?
This is the name of the prayer/blessing that reflects on the role of water in Salvation History.
What is the blessing of the Baptismal Water?
This is the Church CONSTITUTION on Liturgy and Worship from Vatican II that restored the practice of RCIA.
What is Sacrosanctum Concilium?
According to Vatican II, the proper understanding of the Sacraments of Initiation comes from the perspective of the adult and this initiation process.
What is the RCIA?
This Sacrament is incorrectly associated as a Sacrament of Initiation because it is seen as a way to clean oneself of sin before First Communion.
What is the Sacrament of Reconciliation?