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| 305. How many sacraments are there? | There are seven sacraments: Baptism; Confirmation; Holy Eucharist; Penance; Anointing of the Sick; Holy Orders; and Matrimony. |
| 306. From whom do the sacraments receive their power to give grace? | The sacraments receive their power to give grace from God; through the merits of Jesus Christ. |
| 307. Do the sacraments give sanctifying grace? | The sacraments do give sanctifying grace. |
| 308. Does each of the sacraments also give a special grace? | Each of the sacraments also gives a special grace; called sacramental grace; which helps one to carry out the particular purpose of that sacrament. |
| 309. Do the sacraments always give grace? | The sacraments always give grace if we receive them with the right dispositions. |
| 310. Why are Baptism and Penance called the sacraments of the dead? | Baptism and Penance are called sacraments of the dead because their chief purpose is to give the supernatural life of sanctifying grace to souls spiritually dead through sin. |
| 311. Why are Confirmation; Holy Eucharist; Anointing of the Sick; Holy Orders; and Matrimony called sacraments of the living? | Confirmation; Holy Eucharist; Anointing of the Sick; Holy Orders; and Matrimony are called sacraments of the living because their chief purpose is to give more grace to souls already spiritually alive through sanctifying grace. |
| 312. What sin does one commit who knowingly receives a sacrament of the living in mortal sin? | He who knowingly receives a sacrament of the living in mortal sin commits a mortal sin of sacrilege; because he treats a sacred thing with grave irreverence. |
| 313. Which are the sacraments that can be received only once? | The sacraments that can be received only once are Baptism; Confirmation; and Holy Orders. |
| 314. Why can Baptism; Confirmation; and Holy Orders be received only once? | Baptism; Confirmation; and Holy Orders be received only once because they imprint on the soul a spiritual mark; called a character; which lasts forever. |
| 315. What is Baptism? | Baptism is the sacrament that gives our souls the new life of sanctifying grace by which we become children of God and heirs of heaven. |
