Western Civilization I / Unit 10 WC1 0904 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Seven Sacraments, Purgatory, and the Saints
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The idea
Salvation meant the sacraments and the right saints, not theology. Only priests administered the seven: baptism, communion with transubstantiation, confession, confirmation, marriage, holy orders, last rites, pointing to purgatory. Saints interceded for persons and places.
In practice
A patron saint for every village and kingdom; Mary promoted as universal.
Where people slip
The anchor's claim that Mary was Christianity's first positive image of women is its own.
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