1131. The sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. the visible rites by which the sacraments are celebrated signify and make present the graces proper to each sacrament. They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required dispositions.
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
36. Why does the Profession of Faith begin with the words, “I believe in God”?
124. In what condition was the body of Christ while it lay in the tomb?
219. What place does the liturgy occupy in the life of the Church?
70. Where does the soul come from?
499. Why are artificial insemination and artificial fertilization immoral?
22. What importance does the New Testament have for Christians?
186. How do Bishops exercise their ministry of sanctification?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What does it mean to be a new creature in Christ, as described in 2 Corinthians 5:17?
How can we flee the appearances of evil, as described in 1 Thessalonians 5:22?
What does the statement “God so loved the world that he gave his son” in John 3:16 mean?
What do the horseman, angel, and Lord symbolize in Zechariah’s vision described in Zechariah 1:8-17?
