The following definitions were specifically selected to complement certain sermons of this website
SOURCE: Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary
#1: Eucharist (Communion), is the unbloody sacrifice of Christ, marked by partaking in the Body and Blood of Christ, which
replace bread and wine. The changing of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, held by Roman Catholic
dogma to occur, is called transubstantiation. Viaticum is the Eucharist administered to a dying person.
#2: Matrimony is one of two sacraments that Catholics hold can be validly performed without the mystical powers of a priest (the other is baptism), because the ministers of the sacrament are the two parties to the marriage.
#3: Holy Orders is the entering into the priesthood and involves a vow of celibacy in the Latin Rite, though in Eastern Rites men who married before they were ordained to the diaconate may be ordained; the sacrament of Holy Orders is given in three degrees: that of the deacon (even in the Latin Rite a permanent deacon may be married before becoming a deacon), that of the priest, and that of the bishop.
#4: The Anointing of the Sick is also known as extreme unction or the last rites and involves the anointing with oil of the sick and dying. It is held that in some cases this sacrament effects a miraculous cure, but only if there are things God wishes the recipient of the sacrament to do before dying.
#5: Reconciliation, also called Confession, involves admitting sins to a priest (but not through any electronic communications medium -- email has been specifically excluded in early 21st century decisions) and receiving penance (a task to complete in order to achieve absolution or forgiveness from God).
#6: Baptism is given to infants in the Church and upon entering adulthood, the baptised make a personal commitment in the sacrament of Confirmation. Adult converts may be baptized and confirmed. If they have been baptized using a formula naming "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" in another Christian church with the intention of that church in doing what the Catholic church does, they may be simply received into the Church and confirmed.
#7: Confirmation is a sacrament commonly given to young people; the age for the reception of confirmation varies from nation to nation, and even from diocese to diocese in some countries; in Latin-rite Catholic churches it ranges from about 7 to about 15. In Eastern-rite Catholic churches, as in other Eastern churches, neonates are confirmed immediately after baptism, via the rite of chrismation. Adult converts from Protestantism who were previously baptized with a trinitarian formula are received into communion in the Catholic Church by confirmation. Converts from Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy who were chrismated in those Eastern churches are not confirmed, because their chrismation in an Eastern church, unlike confirmation in Protestant churches, is held to be a valid confirmation, and confirming someone who has already been confirmed is forbidden by one of the dogmas of the Council of Trent.
These are the only two forms the word "saved" that apply here. When you are born, you are spiritually dead--forever in sin and not in the family of Christ. Once you realize and admit you are a sinner, you must confess your sins and ask Christ in your heart. Once you do this, you will have entered the family of God and have been saved. This is also where the term "born again Christian" comes from. (With the word "Christian" meaning "little Christ"--a meant-to-be demeaning term conceived after Jesus' crucifixion to portray those who still believe in Him.)
Proof: Malachi 3:10 "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house..." Tithe = 10% of your gross income, meat = the Word of God, "mine house" = the church. Therefore, to tithe is to give 10% of all your earnings to the church so it may grow and preach the Word of God. Donating money to honorable charities and to television evalgelists is good but not tithing. First, give God is rightful 10% and anything beyond that which you give (charities, other ministries) is called an "offering."