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Christ instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation
(or Chrismation), the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life: they give birth and increase, healing, and mission to the Christian's life of faith. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life.
