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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Ritually blessed object or action</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">The term "sacramental" can also refer directly to ideas, traditions or doctrines pertaining directly to the Christian <a href="/wiki/Sacrament" title="Sacrament">sacraments</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PalmSunday.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/PalmSunday.jpg/220px-PalmSunday.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/PalmSunday.jpg/330px-PalmSunday.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/PalmSunday.jpg/440px-PalmSunday.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="2159" /></a><figcaption>Blessing of the palms, a sacramental bestowed on <a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">Palm Sunday</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>sacramental</b> (Latin pl. <i>sacramentalia</i>) is a sacred sign, a ritual act or a ceremony, which, in a certain imitation of the <a href="/wiki/Sacrament" title="Sacrament">sacraments</a>, has a spiritual effect and is obtained through the intercession of the Church.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sacramentals surround the sacraments like a wreath and extend them into the everyday life of Christians. Sacramentals are recognised by the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy">Oriental Orthodox Churches</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_East" title="Church of the East">Church of the East</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheran</a> churches, the <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church" title="Old Catholic Church">Old Catholic Church</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a> churches, and <a href="/wiki/Independent_Catholic_Churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Catholic Churches">Independent Catholic</a> churches. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prayer_cloth" title="Prayer cloth">prayer cloths</a> and <a href="/wiki/Holy_anointing_oil" title="Holy anointing oil">holy oil</a> are mentioned in reference to praying for healing.<sup id="cite_ref-Payne1996_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Payne1996-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2004_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2004-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Holy_water" title="Holy water">Holy water</a> is a sacramental that the faithful use to recall their <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a>; other common sacramentals include blessed candles (given to the faithful on <a href="/wiki/Candlemas" title="Candlemas">Candlemas</a>), blessed palms (blessed on the beginning of the procession on <a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">Palm Sunday</a>), blessed ashes (bestowed on <a href="/wiki/Ash_Wednesday" title="Ash Wednesday">Ash Wednesday</a>), a <a href="/wiki/Cross_necklace" title="Cross necklace">cross necklace</a> (often taken to be blessed by a pastor before daily use), a <a href="/wiki/Christian_head_covering" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian head covering">headcovering</a> (worn by women, especially during prayer and worship), <a href="/wiki/Blessed_salt" title="Blessed salt">blessed salt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Holy_card" title="Holy card">holy cards</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Christian_art" title="Christian art">Christian art</a>, especially a <a href="/wiki/Crucifix" title="Crucifix">crucifix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SaraivaMargry2016_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SaraivaMargry2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Myers2018_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Myers2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apart from those worn daily, such as a cross necklace or <a href="/wiki/Devotional_scapular" class="mw-redirect" title="Devotional scapular">devotional scapular</a>, sacramentals such as a <a href="/wiki/Family_Bible_(book)" title="Family Bible (book)">family Bible</a>, are often kept on <a href="/wiki/Home_altar" title="Home altar">home altars</a> in Christian households.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Turpin1993_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turpin1993-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When blessed in a <a href="/wiki/Betrothal" class="mw-redirect" title="Betrothal">betrothal</a> ceremony, <a href="/wiki/Engagement_ring" title="Engagement ring">engagement rings</a> become a sacramental.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As an adjective, <i>sacramental</i> means "of or pertaining to sacraments". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biblical_basis">Biblical basis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacramental&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biblical basis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Christian_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Bible">Biblical</a> basis for the use of sacramentals is that <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a> used a form of sacramentals himself; for example, when he <a href="/wiki/Healing_the_man_blind_from_birth" title="Healing the man blind from birth">healed a blind man</a>, he made a mud paste that he put over the eyes of the man, before telling him to wash in the <a href="/wiki/Pool_of_Siloam" title="Pool of Siloam">Pool of Siloam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Prayer_cloth" title="Prayer cloth">Prayer cloths</a> and <a href="/wiki/Holy_anointing_oil" title="Holy anointing oil">holy oil</a> are mentioned in reference to praying for healing, as in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Acts%2019:11–12&version=nrsv">Acts 19:11–12</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=James%205:14–15&version=nrsv">James 5:14–15</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Payne1996_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Payne1996-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pearson2004_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson2004-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Denominational_usage">Denominational usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacramental&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Denominational usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catholic">Catholic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacramental&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Catholic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holy_Land_2018_(1)_P043_Holy_Sepulchre_palm_procession.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Holy_Land_2018_%281%29_P043_Holy_Sepulchre_palm_procession.jpg/220px-Holy_Land_2018_%281%29_P043_Holy_Sepulchre_palm_procession.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Holy_Land_2018_%281%29_P043_Holy_Sepulchre_palm_procession.jpg/330px-Holy_Land_2018_%281%29_P043_Holy_Sepulchre_palm_procession.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Holy_Land_2018_%281%29_P043_Holy_Sepulchre_palm_procession.jpg/440px-Holy_Land_2018_%281%29_P043_Holy_Sepulchre_palm_procession.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Palm procession at the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Sepulchre" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Sepulchre">Holy Sepulchre</a> – both the procession and the palm branches are sacramentals</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> currently defines sacramentals as "sacred signs which ... signify effects, particularly of a spiritual nature, which are obtained through the intercession of the Church. By them men are disposed to receive the chief effect of the sacraments, and various occasions in life are rendered holy".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sacramentals do not confer the grace of the Holy Spirit in the way that the sacraments do, but by the Church's prayer, they prepare one to receive grace and dispose a person to cooperate with it. "For well-disposed members of the faithful, the liturgy of the sacraments and sacramentals sanctifies almost every event of their lives with the divine grace which flows from the Paschal mystery of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Christ. From this source all sacraments and sacramentals draw their power."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism of the Catholic Church</a> lists three types of sacramentals: <a href="/wiki/Blessing" title="Blessing">blessings</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Consecration_in_Christianity" title="Consecration in Christianity">consecrations</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dedication_(ritual)" title="Dedication (ritual)">dedications</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECatechism_§&nbsp;1672_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECatechism_§&nbsp;1672-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Exorcisms" class="mw-redirect" title="Exorcisms">exorcisms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECatechism_§&nbsp;1673_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECatechism_§&nbsp;1673-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rosary beads, scapulars, medals and religious images are more accurately termed <a href="/wiki/Devotional_articles" title="Devotional articles">devotional articles</a>; prayers such as the rosary, the stations of the cross, litanies, and novenas are called <a href="/wiki/Catholic_devotions" title="Catholic devotions">popular devotions</a> or "expressions of popular piety".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECatechism_§&nbsp;1674_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECatechism_§&nbsp;1674-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> allows the bestowing of certain sacramentals, such as blessings, "to catechumens and even to non-Catholics unless there is a prohibition of the Church to the contrary.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lutheran">Lutheran</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacramental&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lutheran"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Lutheran churches, sacramentals such as palms and crosses, are used by the faithful.<sup id="cite_ref-Kavouras2021_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kavouras2021-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anglican">Anglican</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacramental&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Anglican"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anglican_Breviary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Anglican_Breviary.jpg/300px-Anglican_Breviary.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Anglican_Breviary.jpg/450px-Anglican_Breviary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Anglican_Breviary.jpg/600px-Anglican_Breviary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>The Anglican Rosary sitting atop the <i><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Breviary" title="Anglican Breviary">Anglican Breviary</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer" title="Book of Common Prayer">Book of Common Prayer</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>A text of the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal Church in the United States of America">Episcopal Church in the United States of America</a> includes items such as the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_rosary" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican rosary">Anglican rosary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ash_Wednesday" title="Ash Wednesday">ashes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">palms</a> among objects counted as sacramentals.<sup id="cite_ref-Armentrout2000_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Armentrout2000-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacramental&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pentecostal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prayer_cloth_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Prayer_cloth_1.jpg/350px-Prayer_cloth_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Prayer_cloth_1.jpg/525px-Prayer_cloth_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Prayer_cloth_1.jpg/700px-Prayer_cloth_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>A blessed prayer cloth and <a href="/wiki/Holy_anointing_oil" title="Holy anointing oil">holy anointing oil</a> distributed by the <a href="/wiki/Oral_Roberts_Evangelistic_Association" title="Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association">Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association</a>, a Pentecostal apostolate</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a> theologian Mark Pearson states that the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> speaks of sacramentals, sometimes referred to as points of contact, such as blessed <a href="/wiki/Prayer_cloth" title="Prayer cloth">prayer cloths</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Acts%2019:11–12&version=nrsv">Acts 19:11–19:12</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Holy_anointing_oil" title="Holy anointing oil">holy oil</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=James%205:14&version=nrsv">James 5:14</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Payne1996_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Payne1996-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He states that <a href="/wiki/God_in_Christianity" title="God in Christianity">God</a> is the source of <a href="/wiki/Faith_healing" title="Faith healing">healing</a> and that Pentecostal clergy "can confidently offer <a href="/wiki/Christian_prayer" title="Christian prayer">prayer</a>, administer the various sacramentals, and <a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_sick" title="Anointing of the sick">lay hands on the sick</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Payne1996_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Payne1996-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacramental&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output 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Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1911.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Sacramentals&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASacramental" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sacramental&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib4-cann1166-1190_en.html">"Code of Canon Law - Book IV - Function of the Church (Cann. 1166)"</a>. <i>www.vatican.va</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.vatican.va&rft.atitle=Code+of+Canon+Law+-+Book+IV+-+Function+of+the+Church+%28Cann.+1166%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vatican.va%2Farchive%2Fcod-iuris-canonici%2Feng%2Fdocuments%2Fcic_lib4-cann1166-1190_en.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASacramental" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Payne1996-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Payne1996_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Payne1996_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Payne1996_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Payne1996_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPayne1996" class="citation book cs1">Payne, Leanne (1 March 1996). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/restoringchristi00payn"><i>Restoring the Christian Soul: Overcoming Barriers to Completion in Christ through Healing Prayer</i></a></span>. Baker Books. p. 277. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4412-3957-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4412-3957-0"><bdi>978-1-4412-3957-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Restoring+the+Christian+Soul%3A+Overcoming+Barriers+to+Completion+in+Christ+through+Healing+Prayer&rft.pages=277&rft.pub=Baker+Books&rft.date=1996-03-01&rft.isbn=978-1-4412-3957-0&rft.aulast=Payne&rft.aufirst=Leanne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frestoringchristi00payn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASacramental" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pearson2004-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pearson2004_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pearson2004_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPearson2004" class="citation book cs1">Pearson, Mark (2004). <i>Christian Healing: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide</i>. Charisma Media. p. 153. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59185-629-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59185-629-0"><bdi>978-1-59185-629-0</bdi></a>. <q>In Scripture and Church tradition, we read of blessed prayer cloths and holy oil (Acts 19:11-12; James 5:14). ... 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St. Anthony Messenger Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/catholictreasure0000turp/page/49">49–50</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-86716-164-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-86716-164-9"><bdi>978-0-86716-164-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Catholic+Treasures+New+and+Old%3A+Traditions%2C+Customs+and+Practices&rft.pages=49-50&rft.pub=St.+Anthony+Messenger+Press&rft.date=1993-06-01&rft.isbn=978-0-86716-164-9&rft.aulast=Turpin&rft.aufirst=Joanne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcatholictreasure0000turp%2Fpage%2F49&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASacramental" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Marriage Mass & Rite of Betrothal</i>. <a href="/wiki/Angelus_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Angelus Press">Angelus Press</a>. 1962.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Marriage+Mass+%26+Rite+of+Betrothal&rft.pub=Angelus+Press&rft.date=1962&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASacramental" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Neill2014" class="citation web cs1">O'Neill, Eddie (1 November 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180808202537/https://www.osv.com/Article/TabId/493/ArtMID/13569/ArticleID/16133/What-Are-Sacramentals.aspx">"What Are Sacramentals?"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Our_Sunday_Visitor" title="Our Sunday Visitor">Our Sunday Visitor</a>. 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