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 The SalvationHistory.com Library of Apologetics - Sacraments
An excellent first stop for introductions to Catholic belief and practice. See also:
 - Mystagogy and Sacraments: Catholic Rites and Teachings


 The Seven Sacraments
A comprehensive index with links to all articles from The Catholic Encyclopedia dealing with the sacraments. See also:
- Liturgy
- Liturgy of the Mass (Roman)


 Select Teachings of the Church Fathers:
- The Book on the Mysteries By St. Ambrose of Milan (5th century).
- Catechetical Lectures By St. Cyril of Jerusalem (4th century)
- Instructions to Catechumens By St. John Chrysostom (5th century)


 Explanation of the Sacraments
From the Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas.

 These Are the Sacraments
A very good introduction by Archbishop Fulton Sheen.


 The Sacred Mysteries (Maronite Catholic)
- Baptism and Chismation
- Reconciliation
- Mystery of the Eucharist
- Mystery of Crowning (Marriage)
- Mystery of Holy Orders
- Anointing of the Sick

 The Sacraments and the History of Salvation
An extraordinary article by Cardinal Jean Danielou, S.J. on the connection between the sacraments and the marvelous works wrought by God in the Old and New Testaments. A quote: "The sacraments are conceived in relation to the acts of God in the Old Testament and the New. God acts in the world; His actions are the mirabilia, the deeds that are His alone. God creates, judges, makes a covenant, is present, makes holy, delivers. These same acts are carried out in the different phases of the history of salvation....The sacraments are simply the continuation in the era of the Church of God's acts in the Old Testament and the New. This is the proper significance of the relationship between the Bible and the liturgy. The Bible is a sacred history; the liturgy is a sacred history." Must reading.