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The Catholic 7 Sacrements for a Catholic who does not want to get marriage?

For all Catholic: If someone wants to be single, does he or she has less blessing through the sacrement? What other sacrement does he or she can go through?

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  • 6 years ago
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    There is not lessening of blessings if you don't receive all sacraments. At the most a person would have 6, not 7 since marriage and priesthood are mutually exclusive.

    Baptism, Eucharist, Confession, Confirmation are the four that all Catholics should receive. Holy Orders, Matrimony and Anointing of the Sick may or may not happen in a person's lifetime and there is no penalty of not receiving these.

  • 6 years ago

    The Sacraments of Matrimony and Holy Orders are societal sacraments because they deal with society. The Sacrament of Matrimony is a holy union between a man and a woman of where children are propagated from. The Sacrament of Holy Orders is the formation of a man into the priesthood to preach, rule, and sanctify the faithful by administering the sacraments, except for Confirmation and Holy Orders. These two sacraments are reserved for bishops, who possess the fullness of the priesthood because they are direct successors of the Apostles. By receiving these sacraments, you receive God's grace, which strengthens the will of the Christian to resist sin. If God wills for one to be single throughout life, the individual can still receive God's grace through the Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist and Penance.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Whether or not you are married has nothing to do with the other sacraments, except that most priests cannot be married when they are ordained. The full set comprises:

    Baptism

    Confirmation

    Communion

    Ordination/Taking Holy Orders

    Penance

    Anointing of the Sick

    Matrimony

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    Lv 5
    6 years ago

    The Catholic 7 Sacraments for a Catholic only apply to a Catholic, they do not apply to a Born again Christian!

    No where in the Bible has God ever said Marriage is mandatory! In fact Jesus never got married! Do not listen to the Catholics for they do not have the Truth in them.

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    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    If someone remains single, then that person receives no grace, not simply blessing, from the sacrament because that person isn't receiving the sacrament. You can't receive grace from a sacrament you are not receiving, whether it's Matrimony or Communion. No, there is no sacrament for the single.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Well, the Pope and Catholic priests aren't married and it doesn't seem to be a problem for them.

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