Extreme Unction

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Catholic sacrament anointing ritual sacrament

Extreme Unction is a traditional Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a seriously ill or dying person with blessed oil for spiritual strengthening, forgiveness of sins, and preparation for passing into eternal life.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic sacrament ⓘ
anointing ritual ⓘ
sacrament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anointing of the Sick ⓘ
Last Rites ⓘ
Anointing of the Sick ⓘ
surface form: Sacrament of the Sick
associatedWithCondition danger of death ⓘ
old age ⓘ
serious illness ⓘ
cannotBeRepeatedCondition may be repeated if illness worsens ⓘ
category Catholic theology ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ
pastoral care of the sick ⓘ
codifiedIn Council of Trent ⓘ
developedFrom early Christian anointing of the sick ⓘ
effectAccordingToDoctrine peace and courage ⓘ
possible restoration of bodily health ⓘ
remission of temporal punishment due to sin ⓘ
remission of venial sins ⓘ
special grace of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
strengthening of soul ⓘ
hasLiturgicalMinister bishop ⓘ
priest ⓘ
hasPurpose comfort of the sick ⓘ
forgiveness of sins ⓘ
preparation for death ⓘ
preparation for eternal life ⓘ
spiritual strengthening ⓘ
union with the passion of Christ ⓘ
historicalLanguage Latin ⓘ
isNot sacrament reserved only to the moment of death ⓘ
isOneOf The Seven Sacraments ⓘ
surface form: Seven Sacraments

sacraments of healing ⓘ
liturgicalBook Anointing of the Sick ⓘ
surface form: Rite of Anointing and Pastoral Care of the Sick
mayInclude Anointing of the Sick ⓘ
surface form: Eucharist as Viaticum

apostolic pardon ⓘ
confession of sins ⓘ
regulatedBy 1917 Code of Canon Law ⓘ
surface form: Code of Canon Law
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Latin Rite ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church
requires at least implicit contrition for sins ⓘ
proper disposition of the recipient ⓘ
ritualAction anointing with oil ⓘ
laying on of hands ⓘ
theologicalBasis Letter of James 5:14–15 ⓘ
surface form: Epistle of James 5:14–15
typicalRecipients baptized Catholics ⓘ
usesLiturgicalObject Oil of the Sick ⓘ
blessed oil ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anointing of the Sick → alsoKnownAs → Extreme Unction ⓘ
Unction of the Sick → hasAlternativeName → Extreme Unction ⓘ
Last Rites → historicalTerm → Extreme Unction ⓘ
Last Rites → relatedConcept → Extreme Unction ⓘ