CCC, 1486, 1497. Individual and integral confession of grave sins followed by absolution remains the only ordinary means of reconciliation with God and with the Church. [22] Cf. CCC, 1527 ...

(Catechism of the Catholic Church 1450) Forgiveness of sins brings reconciliation with God, but also with the Church.

Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and the first of the sacraments of Christian initiation, followed by Confirmation and the Eucharist. According to the Holy Scriptures ...

Here we have Jesus instituting the Eucharist and the sacrament of holy orders, and in this context he definitively links the sacraments ... holy, catholic (universal) and apostolic Church.

There are seven sacraments in the Catholic tradition ... committed and informed members of the Catholic Church. The word confirmation originates from the Latin 'confirmare’ meaning ‘to ...

According to the Catholic Church, the Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life(Catechism of the Catholic Church 1324). This means that Christian ...