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Today, my religion reading was on the Sacrament of Baptism.

It said how a person can't get to heaven without this Sacrament, being a spiritual re-birth and shedding of the Original Sin.

There are only two other ways that a person can get to heaven without Baptism: Baptism of desire and Baptism of blood.

Baptism of desire is where the person was never able to recieve the Sacrament, but still lived a good life, or if a person was totally ignorant of the Sacrament. This allows everyone who lived a good life to still get to heaven.

Baptism of blood is where a non-Christian dies as a martyr, thus allowing the person to get to heaven. A non-Christian martyr could be someone inspired by the martyrs around them and fight with them, dying a martyr's death and going to heaven.

Baptism performed outside the Church still counts if it follows the form, matter and intent.

The form is the person who Baptises says 'In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost', the matter is water and so long as the intent is to get rid of sin.

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My religion today was about the Seven Sacraments and how the give us grace and help us on the way to Heaven.

The Sacraments are: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist. Confession, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony.

My religion book said that the Sacraments are like signs, but through God, they help us to follow them. It gave an example of a stop sign. It reminds us to stop, but can't do anything else, while a Sacrament would help us to stop.

They are outward signs of God's grace in us.

Thus, each Sacrament helps us to lead a better life and aid us when we need help, such as the Annointing of the Sick helping to give you hope and feel safer.

They are important parts of are religious life and helps us get to heaven.

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