Christ instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven:

新约圣事是由基督建立的,共有七件,就是圣洗、坚振、感恩(圣体)、忏悔、病人傅油、圣秩以及婚姻。

  1. 圣洗圣事 Baptism: 藉此圣事,信友开始成为天主的子女,丰盛的生命得以开展。
  2. 坚振圣事 Confirmation: 藉此圣事,使信友生活得到圣神的助佑,生命日趋成熟。
  3. 圣体圣事 Eucharist: 藉此圣事,信友的生命得到恆常的滋养。
  4. 和好圣事 Reconcilliation: 藉此圣事,迷路或跌倒的信友获得宽恕,生命再放姿采。
  5. 病人傅油 Anointing of the Sick: 藉此圣事,病弱衰老的信友得到关怀和鼓励,勇敢迎向生命的限制。
  6. 圣秩圣事 Holy Orders: 藉此圣事,男信友因圣召与修道成为公务司祭,并授予职务,服务教会。
  7. 婚姻圣事 Matrimony: 藉此圣事,夫妇的信友得到祝福,使婚姻生活成为生命的传递和教育。

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.
七件圣事涉及基督徒生命中的所有阶段,以及一切重要时刻:它们产生、滋长、治癒基督徒的信仰生命,并赋予使命。

There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life.”
这样,自然生命的各阶段与灵性生命的各阶段之间,有着某些类似之处。

Following this analogy, the first chapter will expound the three sacraments of Christian initiation; the second, the sacraments of healing; and the third, the sacraments at the service of communion and the mission of the faithful. This order, while not the only one possible, does allow one to see that the sacraments form an organic whole in which each particular sacrament has its own vital place. In this organic whole, the Eucharist occupies a unique place as the “Sacrament of sacraments”: “all the other sacraments are ordered to it as to their end.
按照这类比,我们将首先阐明基督徒入门的三件圣事(第一章),然后是治疗的圣事(第二章),最后论及为信徒的共融和使命而服务的圣事(第三章)。当然,这并不是唯一可行的次序,但它让我们看到七件圣事组成一个有机体,而每件圣事在其中都有它的重要位置。在这有机体中,感恩(圣体)圣事佔有独特的位置;它是「圣事中的圣事」:「其他所有圣事的安排,都是以感恩(圣体)圣事为其终向」。

(Reference Catechism of the Catholic Church 天主教教理)