This wall has an aumbry, or secure cupboard, for keeping the sacraments, or possibly relics. |
The Council reaffirmed the sanctity of the seven sacraments, transubstantiation, purgatory, and papal authority. |
But if you're a sacramental church, you need priests to administer the sacraments. |
The freedom of churches to administer the sacraments is as fundamental a religious liberty as there can be. |
On the other hand, through acts of charity, prayer and reception of the sacraments we can increase our share of grace. |
The Church continues to insist that explicit faith, reception of the sacraments, and obedience to the Church are the ordinary means to salvation. |