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'''Sacramental''' designates any object or action which the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[church]] makes available to persons as an aid to [[salvation]] and increased [[spiritual]] growth toward [[God]]. It is [[Intention|intended]] as a [[sacred]] [[sign]] or representation of supernatural [[grace]] or [[blessing]] and also for protection of God from evil.

'''Sacramental''' designates any object or action which the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[church]] makes available to persons as an aid to [[salvation]] and increased [[spiritual]] growth toward [[God]]. It is [[Purpose|intended]] as a [[sacred]] [[sign]] or representation of supernatural [[grace]] or [[blessing]] and also for protection of God from evil.

Sacramentals fundamentally differ from [[sacrament]]s. While sacraments are said to actually confer the grace of God by the established ordinance of the Lord by the [[Omnipotence|omnipotent]] power of the [[Holy Spirit]], sacramentals are helps that predispose those who are already in a state of grace who use them properly to be more open to the grace of God. They produce grace through the Church's prayer to God as the body of Christ [[Intercession|interceding]] for the salvation of the world and the protection and help of Christian believers.

Sacramentals fundamentally differ from [[sacrament]]s. While sacraments are said to actually confer the grace of God by the established ordinance of the Lord by the [[Omnipotence|omnipotent]] power of the [[Holy Spirit]], sacramentals are helps that predispose those who are already in a state of grace who use them properly to be more open to the grace of God. They produce grace through the Church's prayer to God as the body of Christ [[Intercession|interceding]] for the salvation of the world and the protection and help of Christian believers.