Catechism of the Catholic Church 1542 Holy Orders differs from other sacraments as it has three separate stages. It can only be given by a man who has himself undertaken all three rites and has ...

by virtue of the sacrament of Holy Orders, acts in persona Christi Capitis [in the person of Christ, the Head]” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church 1545, 1548). “And he took bread ...

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.

Transubstantiation close transubstantiationCatholic belief that the bread and wine become the actual body and blood of Christ at Holy Communion. is a Catholic belief that the bread and the wine ...