Extreme Unction Is Not a Sacrement It is for Healing the Faithful

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JaumeJ

JaumeJ

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Extreme unction is a man conceived action which men have dubbed a sacrement. It is taken from the scripture which teaches us when a brother or sister is ill, call for elders to come and anoint the person with oil praying for healing. Meanwhile the person ill may confess any sins pending which have not previously been confessed, keeping in mind there are those sins which one can only confess to our Father. This ritual is for healing, not for sending someone out of this age.

To dub this extreme unction, and to claim when performed the ill person is going to heaven is not of the Holy Spirit nor is it from the Holy Scriptures. There is no such a process of God called extreme unction, it is a fantasy of man to maintain power over the followers of certain sects of Christianity.

Let us keep our hearts, minds and souls directed to the One Who has already won our war, and preserves us while we fight the good fight to be reunited with Him, amen.

Teaching the notion of an extreme unction has the guise of piety but really is a tool fomenting a lack of faith, and to teach it is the last rites is worse. God, Yahweh, knows who His children are.


Jas 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Jas 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
 
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sealabeag

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I'm not sure you completely understand this sacrament. The Sacrament is called The Annointing of the Sick, not Extreme Unction (it was previously called that but did not reflect the fact that it could also be administered to those who weren't dying). The purposes of the Sacrament are as follows;

"The special grace of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick has as its effects:

  • the uniting of the sick person to the passion of Christ, for his own good and that of the whole Church;
  • the strengthening, peace, and courage to endure in a Christian manner the sufferings of illness or old age;
  • the forgiveness of sins, if the sick person was not able to obtain it through the sacrament of penance;
  • the restoration of health, if it is conducive to the salvation of his soul;
  • the preparation for passing over to eternal life."
 
JaumeJ

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I am aware of it being used exclusively for those who are considered mortally ill. While growing up in the US and living here in Spain, when someone is dying the priest is called, not before, and never while they are considered ill. Please do not feign a different meaning placed on it. Also, there is no such thing, although it was dreamed up then, perhaps discarded, by the same sectarians. Perhaps to gain popularity the name and reasons have been changed, but the fact is the same folks "voted" on what they believe God's will should be and then voted again that it should be changed, by sectarians, not by God, Himself.whw
 
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What you said there is actually untrue. The Sacrament of The Anoninting of the Sick, which you are referring to, is available to anyone who is quite ill, they, or someone they know, need only ask for it. Yes it is always given to those who are dying, but not exclusively. :)
 
JaumeJ

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What I say is what I have observed in many RCC families in the US and mostly here in Spain. It is a refelction of the ignorance of teh masses of the Word. Those who compose the hierarchy of the church should hide their faces for being availed all the knowledge necessary for faith in such things and not teaching them freely to all. Shame on anyone defending such heinous leadership. God bless the RCC masses. He will sort things out when He returns, but please do not counter what is true with the RCC party line, it is darkness and not light. The RCC here in Spain pour hundreds of millions of euros to fund the multitude of saint worshiping fiestas here annually, though they get much of the funds from citizens' tax contributions while the beloved "Caritas" is threatened with being cut off due to a lack of funds. These dear nuns care for the poor and feed the masses. Nice bunch of church leaders, right?! You continue defending what is indefensible, and I will continue with facts-
sealabeag said:
What you said there is actually untrue. The Sacrament of The Anoninting of the Sick, which you are referring to, is available to anyone who is quite ill, they, or someone they know, need only ask for it. Yes it is always given to those who are dying, but not exclusively. :)
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Okay :) That's completely off the point, but okay!
 
JaumeJ

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I suppose for a card carrying catholic, to point out just how wicked the organization is, and how the Word has been altered and perverted by those who should know better, is "off the point." Shame, shame and shame. No excuse for this.
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Okay :) That's completely off the point, but okay!
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