Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: firth@sei.cmu.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: transubstantiation again - some real concerns Message-ID: Date: 15 Nov 89 08:16:04 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 30 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article raf@prc.unisys.com (Ralph A. Foy) writes: > we >recognize seven sacramental rituals which are "formal" celebrations in >which the community celebrates as a Church Sacrament. They are: > > 1. Baptism 2. Confirmation 3. Matrimony > 4. Holy Orders 5. Reconciliation 6. Annointing of the Sick > 7. Christian Burial My prayer book lists these as the Seven Sacraments: Baptism The Supper of the Lord (ie the Mass or Eucharist) Confirmation Penance Orders (ie the Ordering of Priests and Deacons) Matrimony Extreme Unction The Anglican church recognises only the first two as sacraments, as being ordained of Christ himself. [Thanks also to likes@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Kevin T. Likes), who also pointed out the obvious slip in the original list. Some of the differences between the two lists above are due to changes in terminology in the Catholic Church: extreme unction is now referred to as annointing of the sick, and penance is now referred to as reconciliation. However they certainly have not replaced the Mass with Christian burial... --clh]