Topical Index Page: Sacraments and Sacramentals

Baptism

• On the Washing of Regeneration
• On Necessity and Wetness: Parts One -- Two -- Three
• Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation [an incomplete debate]: Parts One -- Two
• Eight Key Points, Part 5: Infant Baptism
• Repent, and Do What?
• On Baptism by Immersion

Confession/Reconciliation/Penance

• God and the Priest: Who's Doing the Forgiving? Parts One -- Two
• How Much Do You Want for Uncle Jimmy?
• Penance and Confession
• Biblical Defense of the Sacrament of Confession
• The Sacrament of Confession and Working with the Lord
• The Effects and Necessity of the Sacrament of Confession

Holy Eucharist and the Sacrifice of the Mass

• Faith and the Eucharist
• The Makeup of the Eucharist in Other Catholic Rites
• Symbolism in Jn 6
• What's This "Holy Communion" that You Speak Of?
• "Unless You Become Like Children...."
• "Bread" and "Wine" or Something More?
• Profaning Communion for the Sake of "Communion": Parts One -- Two
• The Experience of the Lord's Supper in Protestant Churches
• Real Presence vs. "Do This in Memory of Me"
• On Proper Behavior in an Adoration Chapel
• What Are the Effects of the Eucharist?
• On Transubstantiation and the Real Presence: Parts One -- Two
• Eight Key Points, Part 2: Interactive Liturgy
• Debate with "Briguy" on the Real Presence: Parts One -- Two -- Three
• The "Once for All" Sacrifice of Christ
• The Mass and the Forgiveness of Sins
• Bowing During the Creed
• What Is Transubstantiation?

Confirmation

• Catholic Defense Directory: Confirmation

Holy Matrimony

• The Primary End of Marriage: Parts One -- Two
• Why Doesn't the Church Recognize My Marriage?
• A Short Post on Divorce
• Catholic (and Protestant) Teaching on Matrimony

Holy Orders and the Priesthood

• Defending Priestly Celibacy: Parts One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Six -- Seven
• Must Bishops Be Married?
• Q&A Potpourri [two questions are about celibacy and women priests]
• Eight Key Points, Part 3: Ministerial Priesthood
• Wheat and Weeds in the Catholic Church (On the sexual abuse scandal)
• Does the Bible Say Anything about Having Priests in the Church?

Anointing of the Sick

• Scripture on the Anointing of the Sick

SACRAMENTALS

• Debate with "Turretinfan" on Holy Water
• "May the Force Be With You": On Wearing Scapulars and Burying Statues
• Why Do Some People Kiss Their Thumb After Making the Sign of the Cross?
• Is the Divine Mercy Chaplet a Cop-Out?
• Children and Sacramentals

For more on the seven Sacraments and sacramentals, see the Catholic Defense Directory: Sacraments and Sacramentals.