The Council of Trent defines a sacrament as the symbol of something sacred, a visible form of invisible grace, having the power of sanctifying. ... Man is given the power of choice. ... The recipient of the one is God, who receives the sacrifice of His only-begotten Son; of the other, man, who receives the sacrament for his own good. ... In the Old Testament God said to Adam: "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh." In the rite of marriage a man and woman declare their intentions in f...

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Those who have any understanding at all of the Catholic Church realize that their position is one built on the sanctity of traditional matrimony and traditional values, where a man and a woman join lives to create a family. ... One particular young man, when faced with his own homosexuality, questioned how he could be a member of the Catholic Church and still be gay. ... Val was a straight young man, but not fully comfortable of his father lifestyle. ... The fact that our existence is not recognized, that we are socially and legally invisible, leaves us without a single legal right - althou...

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The Church was also able to force its will and influence on the day to day lives of the common man and woman. ... He was a man who questioned the teaching and performance of the Church. The man who would learn from and expand to a certain degree the beliefs and teaching was John Huss from Bohemia. ... Martin was a man suited for the fight however. ... It was a half- hearted way of trying to get rid of the man whom he deemed a threat to the church's indulgence business. ...

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, a sacrament is an outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace. ... A real confession being made with Christ as the basis is thought to be in such way "that the whole man submits himself to Truth, in the judgment of his understanding, in the submission of his will and in the consecration of his whole power of love . . . To do this, poor-spirited man is only able when he has been confirmed by God's grace" ("Sacrament of Confirmation"). ...

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