HSTCMP 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Sacramentals, Early Christianity
9 Sep 2018
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The sacraments: sacraments and sacramentals, sacrament a ceremony that involves a visible means that was believed to convey god"s grace to the recipient, the seven sacraments established because people creating too many sacraments of their own, confession/penance/reconciliation. In early christianity, you had to confess sins to whole church and were either excommunicated or had heavy penalty. Post augustine, private confessions developed (irish monks: holy communion/eucharist/lord"s supper. A great variety of understandings and practices, traditionally. Joseph and mary"s marriage without sex still recognized by the: extreme unction/anointing of the sick church.
