Questions tagged [anointing-of-the-sick]
Sacrament of anointing of the sick.
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What options do Anglican clergy have if they run out of holy oil to anoint the sick?
Church of England clergy obtain holy oils to anoint the sick - or those receiving the sacraments of the church - at the annual service at their cathedral, the Chrism Service.
This has become harder to ...
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What is the proper term for performing the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick on someone?
If you perform the sacrament of Baptism on someone, you are "baptizing" them. If you do the sacrament of Holy Matrimony on a couple, you are "marrying" them, or alternatively "officiating the marriage"...
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Can a priest administer last rites to himself?
In Catholicism, is a priest allowed to administer the "last rites" to himself (assuming no one else is there to do it for him)?
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According to Catholicism, if someone receives last rites, is everything forgiven?
So you've killed dozens of people, cheated on wife, destroyed families blah blah. Then before dying the priest administers you the last rites. Is everything forgiven? Will you go to heaven because you ...
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Did John Wycliffe accept extreme unction?
According to Bruce Shelley, in Church History in Plain Language, John Wycliffe, the early dissident in Catholicism, accepted the sacrament of extreme unction:
He retained belief in purgatory and ...
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In the Latin Catholic Church, would clerics administer the last rites if the sick person's illness is contagious and deadly?
In the Latin Catholic Church, would clerics administer the last rites if the sick person's illness is contagious and deadly?
Diseases can be deadly and can spread by water, air, and/or bodily fluids. ...
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What is the difference between apostolic pardon and absolution?
I was preparing for Catechism Class tonight on the the last things, the notes in my teachers manual say that unconscious people receive "apostolic pardon" if they get the anointing of the sick while ...
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How can anointing the sick confer forgiveness of sins in Catholicism?
In Catholicism, there are 7 sacraments. One of these is anointing of the sick or extreme unction. It is meant to provide comfort to the sick, peace and courage. In the event that the individual cannot ...
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What is the sacramental principle at work with Anointing of the Sick?
Of the seven sacraments in the Catholic Church. I see how each of them are some form of Sacramentum, an oath between man and God.
Marriage has a marital vow
Holy orders is a vow to be a priest, ...
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Do Catholic children near death recieve the Eucharist as Viaticum
Canon law says that anointing of the sick is to be done to someone having attained the age of reason, same as reception of the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Penance.
However, as "Food for the ...
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