Sacraments of the Catholic Church

I'm the academic dean here at the Augustan Institute Graduate School of Theology.

And I'm also, along with Dr. Tim Gray, our president, an editor of a new series from Baker Academic on Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments.

And I'm delighted to have with me here Father Isaac Morales, who is the author of the first volume to be released in that series, which is called The Bible and Baptism.

So over the next few episodes, we're going to be discussing Father Isaac's book, talking about the mystery of Christian baptism, and how a deeper reading of sacred scripture can illumine our understanding of this great gift of God.

And so I suppose that the we're in the realm of sacramentality because without participation the whole notion of sacrament is not possible.

Sacraments bring us into a participation in the divine life.

Sacraments are material things through which the grace of God is communicated to us as mere humans.

The fundamental sacrament, not one of the second sacraments, but as you know, the fundamental sacrament is Christ himself.

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I also wanted to mention we have a couple of great episodes on this.

Summa for Beginners, The Sacraments with Roger Nutt, episode 166.

Is the proper worship of God in the sacramental life, or is the proper worship of God something else? All of that.

So today, let's talk about the seven sacraments versus the Bible? Are they in the Bible? Are they even in there? If we accept the Bible, do we have to accept the sacraments? Or if we accept the Bible, can we really say that they're there? Can we say that Christ is the founder of each of the sacraments? To help us do that, Dr.

Karlo Broussard is here with us for both hours today.

So we're gonna tackle the seven sacraments in the Bible.

And if you're not practicing the seven sacraments, if you're a Christian who's not practicing the seven sacraments, this might be a particularly challenging and interesting couple of hours for you.

So thanks for being here with us.

We hope we will keep your attention and reward your listening as we get into this.

So if baptism saves you, that's a pretty exalted view of baptism.

Our existence is a gift.

God gives himself fully and completely in our existence and through the sacraments, like all these things.

And it reminds me of that exact idea.

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exactly and the name that that god gives himself is saturating too it's enigmatic it's paradoxical uh and so that takes us through what is the saturated phenomenon how is it different than the poor phenomenon you know like mathematical logical concepts the common law phenomenon the world of objects and senses you know like of the five physical senses and then we have the saturated phenomenon which is where again given this is saturating my attempt to interpret it adequately or to manage it you know and so when it comes to religious experiences is a very important concept for us to work with because it helps us make sense of these experiences that give too much

So I think I wanted to maybe bring in Edith Stein for a second and talk a little bit since we're sort of approaching the sacraments and talking about them as saturated phenomenon.

So you spent a good deal of time with Stein and it was such a privilege to be in your class and learn about her through you.

WE NEED TO NEVER TAKE SHAME IN IT BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE DEPOSIT OF FAITH IS PRESENT.

THE SACRED TREASURES, THE SACRAMENTS, the blood of Christ given to us on Calvary, extended into the Eucharistic altar.

Let us ask for St. Ignatius' intercession, and let us be Catholics who study history and who recognize how strongly historically rooted we are in this sacred tradition.

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I don't commend people to go find it because it's got an image of Christ on it.

And so we don't agree with those because those are unbiblical, but it's called It's a painting by Rogier van der Weydens, and it's called The Altarpiece or the Seven Sacraments.

And it shows the seven sacraments of Rome as a person goes from baptism all the way to holy unction at the end of their life and everything in between.

And it's basically saying that the sacraments, all seven sacraments were so connected and closed in with the life of the Christian in the Middle Ages.

And this painting was from around the late 15th century.

And I found it interesting that you look at this painting and there's nobody preaching.

And a priest is meant to preach the word of God, you know, the gospel, to be a man of God, s- a sacrificial man.

And Cardinal Sa- Sarah, he doesn't mention it in this book, but he- He was the prefect for the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Sacraments, and he was, he was pushing that, you know, we should encourage, you know, masses ad orientem.

Now, most places are not doing that, of course, but, you know, the reality that the priest is not the focus.

It is what's taking place in mystery at the altar.

Which are the times in which it is forbidden to marry with solemnity? The times in which it is forbidden to marry with solemnity, without special leave, are from the first Sunday of Advent till after Christmas Day, and from Ash Wednesday till after Easter Sunday.

The Sacraments, Chapter 6, 249.

What is a sacrament? A sacrament is an outward sign of inward grace, ordained by Jesus Christ, by which grace is given to our souls.

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