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The Sacraments

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37 claims in this doctrine
The Sacraments
The Shepherd of Hermas teaches that post-baptismal sin can be forgiven once through repentance
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The Sacraments
Infants are to be baptised because they need the regeneration that baptism provides
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The Sacraments
The anointingof the sick with oil and prayer by the elders of the Church is an apostolic practice for healing
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The Sacraments
Novatianism was condemned — the Church has authority to forgive even those who apostatised under persecution
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The Sacraments
Baptism in the name of the Trinity is valid even when performed by a heretic or schismatic
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Infants who die without baptism are in a condition of original sin — Augustine refuses to promise them glory
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The Sacraments
Schismatics outside the visible Church cannot have valid orders or valid sacraments
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The Sacraments
Baptism by immersion was the normal form but pouring is permitted when immersion is impossible
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The Sacraments
Original sin is transmitted to all humanity through physical generation
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The Sacraments
Confirmation seals and strengthens the grace of baptism through the Spirit
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Patristic Texts Addressing The Sacraments

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c. AD 96 Intermediate
Clement of Rome
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
The earliest post-apostolic document asserting Roman pastoral authority — c. AD 96. 12 key chapters with annotations.
3 chapters on The Sacraments
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c. AD 107 Intermediate
Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch — Letter to the Smyrnaeans
Contains the first use of Catholic Church in Christian literature, the clearest early statement on the Real Presence, and the most concentrated early treatment of episcopal authority — written en route to martyrdom, c. AD 107.
2 chapters on The Sacraments
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c. AD 350 Intermediate
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catecheses
Five post-baptismal lectures delivered at the Holy Sepulchre c. AD 350 — the most systematic early treatment of the sacraments, including the clearest patristic account of Real Presence and the Epiclesis.
9 chapters on The Sacraments
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c. AD 50–120 Introductory
Anonymous (Apostolic)
The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
The oldest surviving Christian catechism outside the New Testament — containing the earliest extra-biblical instructions for Baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, and church order. c. AD 50–120.
4 chapters on The Sacraments
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