Sacraments are the life of the Catholic Church around which everything else, prayer, liturgy, meditations and daily living, revolves. There are seven Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. The Catholic Church believes and teaches that all seven Sacraments were instituted by Jesus Christ during his life on earth.- Category ID : 453625
The official, definitive and in-depth instruction on the Sacraments of the Catholic Church from articles 1113 to 1134 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It elaborates the commonalities of all seven Sacraments.
This article in the Catholic Encyclopedia presents the necessity, the nature, the origin/cause, the number, the effects, the minister, and the recipient of the Sacraments.
The seven Sacraments listed with links to articles about each: Baptism, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick
Legislation on the disposition and conditions for reception of the seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church, as found in book 4 of the Code of Canon Law. Also includes sacramentals.