What is a sacrament?, what are the kinds? what are the classifications?

Answer 1

A sacrament is a Christian rite that mediates divine grace—a holy mystery.

In the Western tradition, it is often defined as an outward, visible sign that conveys an inward, spiritual grace.

The root meaning of the Latin word sacramentum is "making sacred". One example of its use was as the term for the oath of dedication taken by Roman soldiers; but the ecclesiastical use of the word is derived from the root meaning of the word and not from that particular example.

Among many Protestants, the word mediates or conveys would mean only that it is a visible symbol or reminder of invisible grace.

The Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Christians, the Oriental Orthodox, Assyrian Christians, members of the Anglican, United Methodist, and Old Catholic traditions, the Independent Catholic Churches and Lutherans hold that sacraments are not mere symbols, but rather, "signs or symbols which effect what they signify", that is, the sacraments in and of themselves, rightly administered, are used by God as a means to communicate grace to faithful recipients.

Generally, there are seven sacramental rites, though not all of them are accepted as such by all groups. These are: Baptism, Chrismation (or Confirmation), the Eucharist (Communion), The Sacrament of Order (Ordination), Reconciliation of a Penitent (confession), Anointing of the Sick, and Matrimony. Most of these were used since apostolic times in the Church, but marriage, for example, only became recognized as a sacrament during the Middle Ages. Some groups do not consider any of these to be sacraments. Some groups, such as Anglicans and Old-Catholics, consider the two dominical sacraments of the Gospel, Baptism and the Eucharist, to be the "precepted, primary, and principal sacraments ordained for our salvation," and consider the other five sacramental rites to be "lesser sacraments" that are derivative of these two. Occasionally, Christians who do not believe in sacramental theology will nevertheless refer to, for example, marriage as a "sacrament" in an effort to underscore their belief in the sanctity of the institution.

Clearly, Christian churches, denominations, and sects are divided regarding the number and operation of the sacraments, but they are generally held to have been instituted by Jesus. Those who do not believe in sacramental theology refer to these rites -- or, at least, those rites which they use --primarily baptism and communion, as "ordinances." The sacraments are usually administered by the clergy to a recipient or recipients, and are generally understood to involve visible and invisible components. The invisible component (manifested inwardly) is understood to be brought about by the action of the Holy Spirit, God's grace working in the sacrament's participants, while the visible (or outward) component entails the use of such things as water, oil, and bread and wine that is blessed or consecrated; the laying-on-of-hands; or a particularly significant covenant that is marked by a public benediction (such as with marriage and absolution).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrament

Answer 2

What is a sacrament?

Vows;

pledges

Processes

Ritual Moments

Ways of Life

Answer 3

a sacrament is a religious ceremony.

the number of sacraments depends on the religion considered.

no classification: they are all nonsense. some even involve trying to drown a baby !!! others are about putting oil on the head of a dead person (as if he cared, now he's dead)

Answer 4

properly, all snakes belong to the following diverse kinds: Lepidosauria, Squamata, Scleroglossa, Serpentes. interior the crew, the significant subdivision is between the Scolecophidia and Alethinophidia. The Scolecophidians are small to medium-sized snakes that do not appear like the common snake. they're specially blind and burrowing, and they do no longer have enlarged ventral scales. those snakes have remains of their pelvic girdle, yet those small bones are interior their bodies and are not seen. They lack the common great gape, and feed specially on small invertebrates. some difficulty-loose genera of Scolecophidia are Typhlops and Leptotyphlops. The Alethinophidia are all the common snakes, with great gape, and enlarged ventral scales. interior of this crew, many of the significant households are: *Boidae and Pythonidae (each so often considered as a unmarried kin): those constrictors are heavy-bodied and kill their prey with their "hugs". they have particular thermoreceptor pits on their labial (lip) scales to discover their prey (frequently birds and mammals). Pythons are egg-laying, yet New international boas are ovoviviparous. those snakes have remains of the pelvic girdle that are considered externally as small "claws" at each part of the cloaca (more desirable seen contained in the boys). *The Viperids comprise the pit vipers and different venomous snakes that specially hunt mammals. Pit vipers have paired thermoreceptor pits on their snout. The viperids have enlarged frontal fangs for venom injection, positioned on the very movable maxillary bone. *The Colubrids comprise an excellent type of snakes. Many are threat free, others are very risky. yet no colubrid has enlarged frontal fangs like the viperids have. except that, they're really variable in length, structure and habit. *The Elapids are the coral snakes, mambas, cobras, and different deadly species. in assessment to the viperids, their enlarged frontal fangs are positioned on a a lot less cellular maxillary. in addition they determination very much in length, color and habit, and Australia has an outstanding variety of elapids. This kin also incorporates the sea snakes (besides the very undeniable reality that some authors evaluate them as a diverse kin Hydrophiidae). There are different households, yet maximum have few species or restricted distribution.

Answer 5

7 sacraments Catholics go through in their lives in 3 sections.
Sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist(bread and wine/body and blood).
Sacraments of Healing are Reconciliation(or Penance) and Healing of the Sick.
Sacraments of ----(forgot this word) are Matrimony(marriage) and Holy Orders(priesthood).
Only a deacon who has married can take all of the sacraments in one liftime.
Normal Catholics take about 5 sacraments in a lifetime.