In Protestant theology, what is the instrumental cause by which a person accrues to himself,

appropriates to himself the merits of Christ?

Faith.

What is the instrumental cause of justification for the Roman Church?

Baptism.

How are we made right with God?

The answer to that question is important.

In fact, it's a matter of eternal life and death.

Welcome to renewing your mind, I'm Lee Webb.

Protestants teach that salvation is through faith and the person and work of Christ.

For Roman Catholics, salvation comes through participation in a sacrament.

Bottom line, one actually saves, the other doesn't.

That's why we're focusing this week on what the Roman Catholic Church believes and teaches.

Here's our Seas Bowl.

In this particular lecture, we're going to cover very briefly in a broad overview the

seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church.

In the last 20 years in the world of theology, there's been a major interest in certain

quarters of the Church of a renewal of liturgy and of a renewal of a complete understanding

of the nature of sacramental religion.

In fact, some theologians have tried to broaden to a great degree the concept of sacrament

to include many things beyond what are normally considered sacraments in the technical sense

in the life of the Church.

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