Frequently Asked Questions
The Celebration of the Christian Mystery
- What is the liturgy?
- What place does the liturgy occupy in the life of the Church?
- In what does the sacramental economy consist?
- In what way is the Father the source and the goal of the liturgy?
- What is the work of Christ in the liturgy?
- How does the Holy Spirit work in the liturgy of the Church?
- What are the sacraments and which are they?
- What is the relationship of the sacraments to Christ?
- What is the link between the sacraments and the Church?
- What is the relationship between the sacraments and faith?
- What is the sacramental character?
- Why are the sacraments efficacious?
- For what reason are the sacraments necessary for salvation?
- What is sacramental grace?
- What is the relationship between the sacraments and everlasting life?
- Who acts in the liturgy?
- Who celebrates the heavenly liturgy?
- How does the Church on earth celebrate the liturgy?
- How is the liturgy celebrated?
- From where do the sacramental signs come?
- What is the link between the actions and the words in the celebration of the sacraments?
- What are the criteria for the proper use of singing and music in liturgical celebrations?
- What is the purpose of holy images?
- What is the center of the liturgical season?
- What is the function of the liturgical year?
- What is the Liturgy of the Hours?
- What are sacred buildings?
- Does the Church need places in order to celebrate the liturgy?
- What are the privileged places inside sacred buildings?
- Why is the one Mystery of Christ celebrated by the Church according to various liturgical traditions?
- What is the criterion that assures unity in the midst of plurality?
- Is everything immutable in the liturgy?
- How are the sacraments of the Church divided?
- How is Christian initiation brought about?
- What names are given to the first sacrament of initiation?
- How is Baptism prefigured in the Old Covenant?
- Starting when and to whom has the Church administered Baptism?
- In what does the essential rite of Baptism consist?
- Who can receive Baptism?
- Why does the Church baptize infants?
