and that the rites lead to a strengthening of humanity’s connection with God. The seven sacraments touch all stages and all important moments of Christian life.

The mission and faculty ("the sacred power") to act in persona Christi. Configuration to Christ as Priest, Teacher, and Pastor. The imprinting, as in Baptism, of an indelible character that cannot ...

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And ...

7 1216 "This bath is called enlightenment ... side of the crucified Jesus are types of Baptism and the Eucharist, the sacraments of new life. 23 From then on, it is possible "to be born of ...