2. CONFIRMATION
Confirmation is the sacrament through which the believer granted the gift of the Holy Ghost who alone can confirm him in the new life given to him through Baptism. Like Baptism, this Sacrament can never be repeated. It is called also "Chrismation" because of the Holy Chrism, the oil applied in the administration of the Sacrament, the oil of balsam.
3. PENANCE
Penance is the Sacrament in which a Christian receives, through the mediation of the priest, forgiveness of sins on repenting and confessing them to the priest. The doctrine of penance is based upon the command of our Lord who breathed upon the face of His disciples and told them to receive the Holy Ghost; whose soever sins they remitted, they would be remitted ( John 20:21-23) . Again He told His disciples that whatsoever they should loose on earth should be loosed in heaven (Matt. 18:18).
4. THE HOLY COMMUNION
The Ethiopian Church believes that the Holy Communion is both a Sacrament and a Sacrifice offered for our salvation, an unbloody sacrifice. As a sacrament it is that august mystery through which we eat the blessed flesh of our Lord, and drink His precious blood under the form of bread and wine. It is called also the Eucharist, the Lord's Table, the Body and Blood of Christ. The bread and wine which are blessed and consecrated by the word and help of the Lord and by the hand of the priest are united with His Body and Blood and truly changed, the bread is the Body of the son of God, and the wine is truly the Blood of the Son of God. Cor. 16, 17; Jn. xx 28. That which we receive is for a memorial of His death, for the forgiveness of sin, for the strengthening of faith and for eternal life. Mat. xxvi 26, 27, Jn. vi. 54. But he who eats and drinks when he ought not, eats and drinks condemnation to himself; it does not profit him.
5. UNCTION OF THE SICK
Unction of the sick is the Sacrament through which the priest anoints the body of the sick asking for divine grace to cure both body and soul. It is not an ordinary means of healing diseases and the healing power is not attributed to the oil but to the prayer. Confession is a part of the rite, and after absolution and anointing, Holy Communion is administered.
6. HOLY ORDERS
"Holy Orders" is the Sacrament through which an ordinand receives authority to administer the sacraments and conduct other religious services. Ordination is a sacred sign, accompanied by solemn ceremonies, with which the bishop, by the imposition of hands, confers on the fit chosen persons a portion of grace convenient for the ecclesiastical office to which they are raised. The episcopate, priesthood and diaconate were instituted by Jesus Christ and delivered to us by the Apostles and their successors; a man not ordained according to that institution cannot celebrate the Eucharist or perform any office of a priest.
There are degrees of the Holy Orders: the major orders are the episcopate, priesthood and diaconate, the minor ones include subdeacons, deaconesses who assist in the baptism and confirmation of females, anagnosts or masters of ceremony, singers, door-keepers and others.
7. MATRIMONY
The Sacrament of Matrimony is the holy service through which a man and a woman are united and given the divine grace which sanctifies their union, makes it perfect and spiritual like the unity of Christ and Church, and gives them strength to abide by the contract which mutually binds. Matrimony was instituted by the Almighty who at creation told Adam and Eve to be faithful, multiply and replenish the earth Christ taught that a man should cleave to his wife ( Matt. 19:4-6).
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