SAC+Chp1+Univ+Sacrament

= **SAC Chp1: the Sacramental Nature of the Church** =
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 * OK, what do I do? How does this Sacraments class work?**

You will label eight (8) loose leaf pages, one for each SAC Chapter.
 * You will hand-write on each page:**
 * (A) certain specific "nuts and bolts" to find, and **
 * (B) bigger picture things to notice, issues important to understand, gaps to be filled in. **

For the Seven Sacraments (**SAC Chp2 to Chp8**), there are Scripture passages and Catechism paragraphs to read. These passages are where you learn the ideas to write down for ** (A) and (B) ** above.

It is also different because the ACTUAL CCC paragraphs for SAC Chp1 are **scattered all over the Catechism.** I have read them all carefully and prepared **a page of notes with the main points** of the scattered CCC paragraphs. Look at this file as a good example of how to boil many large, diverse texts to essential key points. The file above serves as **(A) "nuts and bolts"** coverage of SAC Chp1. You'll need to pare this down when you make your own notes. Below are some big ideas I offer as **(B) bigger picture, gap-filling ideas**.
 * SAC Chp1** is a bit different because it is about the ** Church ** as a Sacrament.

(1) As Christ is the Sacrament of God, so the Church is the Sacrament of Christ. ---The Incarnation manifests and reveals the invisible God.

(2) For the seven Sacraments, the word "sacrament" means "An efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which the divine life of grace is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit."

(3) An "efficacious sign of grace" means that each Sacrament has: (3A)---a **visible**, sensible element, such as water or oil or spoken words of mercy. Every Sacrament has its proper **MATTER and FORM**. (3B)---an **invisible** element, the **GRACE** which the Sacrament gives. (3C)---The MATTER of each Sacrament **resembles** the grace of that Sacrament. Thus, the matter is a SIGN we can experience with our senses. (3D)---"Efficacious." The sign is not merely a sign. It is not like a stop sign which says "STOP" but doesn't actually stop a car. A Sacrament actually contains and accomplishes what it signs. **Sacraments are real and actually work.**

(4) The Church is a Sacrament because Christ is **present and active in her** here and now, visibly. (4A)---The Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, with Christ Himself as her Head. This opens an invisible dimension of the Church. (4B)---Christ is the true and and ultimate Priest, Who ministers His Sacraments to us through the Church. The Church extends (or IS the extension of) the earthly mission of Jesus Christ. The Church is a Sacrament because she makes Christ visible in the world. She is the bodily manifestation of Him and His actions.

Not so fast. Above are (A) the nuts and bolts of Chp1, and (B) the bigger picture, gap filling ideas. You will have to study both. Whatever you need to WRITE DOWN from them, write on your SAC Chp1 loose leaf page. Then read the Scripture passages below, and write your own notes about them on the same loose leaf page.
 * So is that it? SAC Chp1 is done for me, and I can just move on to SAC Chp2?**

=**Scriptural Source: [|Colossians 1:15-20]**= =**Scriptural Source: [|Philippians 2:5-11]**=
 * Read in Sa****cred Scripture:**


 * Now look at what you have written and inspect what is in your head.**
 * Can you now, with the help of your notes,** **explain the Sacramental Nature of the Church?**
 * Can you explain how the Scripture passages contain and support it (the Sacramental Nature of the Church)?**
 * If so, then you are ready to move on to SAC Chp2.**