Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies A · 1RA0
Specification 2.1 · Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Sacramental Nature of RealityCCC 1131 describes sacraments as “efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church”. Efficacious means effective: a sacrament brings about the spiritual effect it signifies. In Baptism, for example, water signifies cleansing, but Catholics believe that God actually cleanses the person from sin through the sacrament.