Penance, Holy Orders, Matrimony, Anointing of the Sick, The Last Things Dogma
Penance
- The Church has received from Christ the power of remitting sins committed after
Baptism.
- By the Church's Absolution sins are truly and immediately remitted.
- The Church's power to forgive sins extends to all sin without exception.
- The exercise of the Church's power to forgive sins is a judicial act.
- The forgiveness of sins which takes place in the Tribunal of Penance is a true and
proper Sacrament, which is distinct from the Sacrament of Baptism.
- Extra-sacramental justification is effected by perfect sorrow only when it is
associated with the desire for the Sacrament (votum sacramenti).
- Contrition springing from the motive of fear is a morally good and supernatural
act.
- The Sacramental confession of sins is ordained by God and is necessary for
salvation.
- By virtue of Divine ordinance, all grievous sins according to kind and number, as
well as those circumstances which alter their nature, are subject to the obligation of
confession.
- The confession of venial sins is not necessary but is permitted and is useful.
- All temporal punishments for sin are not always remitted by God with the guilt of
sin and the eternal punishment.
- The priest has the right and duty, according to the nature of the sins and the
ability of the penitent, to impose salutary and appropriate works for satisfaction.
- Extra-sacramental penitential works, such as the performance of voluntary
penitential practices and the patient bearing of trials sent by God, possess satisfactory
value.
- The form of the Sacrament of Penance consists in the words of Absolution.
- Absolution, in association with the acts of the penitent, effects the forgiveness
of sins.
- The principal effect of the Sacrament of Penance is the reconciliation of the
sinner with God.
- The Sacrament of Penance is necessary for salvation to those who, after Baptism,
fall into grievous sin.
- The sole possessors of the Church's Power of Absolution are the bishops and
priests.
- Absolution given by deacons, clerics or lower rank, and laymen is not Sacramental
Absolution.
- The Sacrament of Penance can be received by any baptised person who, after Baptism,
has committed a grievous or a venial sin.
- The Church possesses the power to grant Indulgences.
- The use of Indulgences is useful and salutary to the Faithful.
Holy Orders
- Holy Order is a true and proper Sacrament which was instituted by Jesus Christ.
- The consecration of priests is a Sacrament.
- Bishops are superior to priests.
- The Sacrament of Order confers sanctifying grace on the recipient.
- The Sacrament of Order imprints a character on the recipient.
- The Sacrament of Order confers a permanent spiritual power on the recipient.
- The ordinary dispenser of all grades of Order, both the sacramental and the
non-sacramental, is the validly consecrated Bishop alone.
Matrimony
- Marriage is a true and proper Sacrament instituted by God.
- From the sacramental contract of marriage emerges the Bond of Marriage, which binds
both marriage partners to a lifelong indivisible community of life.
- The Sacrament of Matrimony bestows sanctifying grace on the contracting parties.
Anointing of the sick
- Extreme Unction or anointing of the sick is a true and proper Sacrament instituted
by Jesus Christ.
- The remote matter of Extreme Unction is oil.
- The form consists in the prayer of the priest for the sick person which
accomplishes the anointing.
- Extreme Unction gives the sick person sanctifying grace in order to arouse and
strengthen him.
- Extreme Unction effects the remission of grievous sins still remaining and of
venial sins.
- Extreme Unction sometimes effects the restoration of bodily health, if this be of
spiritual advantage.
- Only Bishops and priests can validly administer Extreme Unction.
- Extreme Unction can be received only by the Faithful who are seriously ill.
The Last Things
- In the present order of salvation, death is a punishment for sin.
- All human beings subject to original sin are subject to the law of death.
- The souls of the just which in the moment of death are free from all guilt of sin
and punishment for sin, enter into Heaven.
- The bliss of Heaven lasts for all eternity.
- The degree of perfection of the Beatific Vision granted to the just is proportioned
to each one's merit.
- The souls of those who die in the condition of personal grievous sin enter Hell.
- The punishment of Hell lasts for all eternity.
- The souls of the just which, in the moment of death, are burdened with venial sins
or temporal punishment due to sins, enter purgatory.
- At the end of the world Christ will come again in glory to pronounce judgement.
- All the dead will rise again on the last day with their bodies.
- The dead will rise again with the same bodies as they had on earth.
- Christ, on His second coming, will judge all men.
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