Sacramentals are things (sacramentalia) set apart or blessed by the Catholic Church to manifest the respect due to the Sacraments, and so to excite good thoughts and to increase devotion, and through these movements of the heart to remit venial sin, according to the Council of Trent (Session XXII, 15). When the term is used in the singular it is preceded by an article ("a sacramental" or "the sacramental") as sacramental is also an adjective describing the Sacraments. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The practice of Catholicism includes seven sacraments. ... According to Catholicism, a venial sin is a sin which meets at least one of the following critera: it does not concern a grave matter, it is not committed with full knowledge, or it is not committed with both deliberate and complete consent. ... The Council of Trent is reckoned by the Roman Catholic Church to be the Nineteenth Ecumenical Council of the universal church. ... Sacramental as an adjective means of or pertaining to sacraments. ...

The Catholic Church recognizes two differences between the Sacraments and the sacramentals:

• The Sacraments were instituted by Jesus Christ; most, but not all, of the sacramentals were instituted by the Church.
• The Sacraments give grace of themselves and are always fruitful when the faithful place no obstacle in the way; the sacramentals excite pious dispositions, by means of which the faithful may obtain grace. It is not the sacramental itself that gives grace, but the devotion, the love of God, or sorrow for sin that it inspires, and the prayers of the Church that render sacramentals efficacious against evil.

Although the Church places restrictions on the reception by non-Catholics of Catholic Church-administered Sacraments, this is not true of the sacramentals. The pious use of sacramentals by non-Catholics is permitted. As blessed objects or rituals that represent sacred beliefs and persons, disrespect to sacramentals is considered a form of sacrilege. Jesus (8-2 BC/BCE– 29-36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... Divine grace is believed by Christians to be the sovereign favor of God exercised in the bestowment of blessings upon those who have no merit in them. ... For other uses, see Trinity (disambiguation). ... SiN is a computer game developed by Ritual Entertainment and published by Activision in late 1998. ... Sacrilege is in general the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object. ...

Examples

Sacramentals used in the Catholic Church include:

• Agnus Dei
• Altars
• Ashes
• Bells
• Blessed medals
• Blessed palms
• Blessing of people
• Bowing the head
• Bows
• Candles
• Church buildings
• Churching of women
• Crucifixes
• Exorcism
• Feet washing
• Fire
• Folding hands
• Genuflection
• Holy water
• Icons
• Incense
• Liturgical hours
• Liturgical vessels
• Liturgical year
• Mary gardens
• Minor orders
• Oil
• Prostrations
• Religious habits
• Rosaries
• Salt
• Scapulars
• Sign of the cross
• Statues
• Vestments
• Wedding rings

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References

• Baltimore Catechism No. 2, Lesson 27
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Sacramentals