Grace:

• The sacraments of the New Testament were instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church. As acts of Christ and the Church, they express and strengthen faith, offer worship to God, and bring sanctification, fostering ecclesiastical communion.

• Sacred ministers must not deny the sacraments to those who request them appropriately.
• Baptism, confirmation, and holy orders imprint a character and cannot be repeated.

Baptism:

• Frees from sin, incorporates individuals into the Church, and imparts an indelible character.
• Can be conferred by immersion, pouring, or sprinkling of water, with approved rites.
• Ordinary ministers: bishop, priest, deacon, or deaconess.
• Infant baptism requires at least one Godparent, chosen by the parents, who must be a baptised Christian of full age.
• The priest must record baptism details in the Register, including names, minister, parents, Godparents, date, and place.
• Confirmation:
  • Strengthens Christian initiation, enriches with the Holy Spirit, and reinforces the commitment to witness and defend the faith.
  • Performed by anointing with chrism and laying on of hands by the confirming bishop.
  • Chrism must be consecrated by a bishop.
  • Ordinary minister: bishop; a priest may confirm at a bishop’s request, usually a Canon.
  • Confirmation details must be recorded in the Register.

Eucharist:

• • The central sacrament where Christ is present and received, sustaining the Church.
  • The Eucharistic sacrifice is the summit and source of worship and Christian life, signifying unity and building the body of Christ.
  • Ordinary ministers: bishop or priest; multiple priests may co-celebrate.
  • All baptised and confirmed Christians, including those from other denominations, are invited to receive Holy Communion.
  • The Eucharist must be offered in bread and wine with a small amount of water. Reception of the host in hand follows the Anglican tradition of Intinction.

Penance/Reconciliation:

• Those who confess sins to a bishop or priest, express sorrow, and intend to amend receive God’s forgiveness and reconciliation with the Church.
• Only a bishop or priest can administer the rite.
• Anointing of the Sick:
• Commends the ill to Christ for support and salvation through anointing with oil and prayer.
• • Oil is normally blessed by a bishop but may be blessed by a priest in necessity, during the rite itself.
  • The minister should anoint with their hand unless exceptional circumstances require an instrument.