They may not administer Penance ( Reconciliation ), Anointing of the Sick ( Extreme Unction ), or function as an ordained celebrant or concelebrant of the Mass ( by virtue of their office and their training and institution, they may act, if the need arises, as altar servers, lectors, ushers, porters, or Eucharistic ministers of the Cup, and if need be, the Host ).

Detail of Seven Sacraments Altarpiece | The Seven Sacraments ( 1445 ) by Roger van der Weyden showing the sacrament of Extreme Unction or Anointing of the Sick.

Since 1972, the Roman Catholic Church uses the name " Anointing of the Sick " both in the English translations issued by the Holy See of its official documents in Latin and in the English official documents of Episcopal conferences.

An extensive account of the teaching of the Catholic Church on Anointing of the Sick is given in Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1499 – 1532.

Anointing of the Sick is one of the seven Sacraments recognized by the Catholic Church, and is associated with not only bodily healing but also forgiveness of sins.

As the sacrament of Marriage gives grace for the married state, the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick gives grace for the state into which people enter through sickness.

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

The Roman Rite Anointing of the Sick, as revised in 1972, puts greater stress than in the immediately preceding centuries on the sacrament's aspect of healing, and points to the place sickness holds in the normal life of Christians and its part in the redemptive work of the Church.

Some Protestant US military chaplains carry the Roman Rite version of the Anointing of the Sick with them for use if called upon to assist wounded or dying soldiers who are Catholics.

The Catholic and Orthodox Churches consider invalid as a sacrament the administration of Anointing of the Sick by such chaplains, who in the eyes of those Churches are not validly ordained priests.

* Anointing of the Sick ( Catholic Church )

* Church Fathers on the Anointing of the Sick

* The Anointing of the Sick

* Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

* Holy Anointing of the Sick article from the Moscow Patriarchate

# REDIRECT Anointing of the Sick ( Catholic Church )

# REDIRECT Anointing of the Sick ( Catholic Church )

They rejected therefore, as early as 1416, everything that they believed had no basis in the Bible, such as the veneration of saints and images, fasts, superfluous holidays, the oath, intercession for the dead, auricular Confession, indulgences, the sacraments of Confirmation and the Anointing of the Sick ; they admitted laymen and women to the preacher's office, and chose their own priests.

These are the sacraments of Anointing of the Sick ( which, in spite of not being reserved for the dying, is sometimes mistakenly supposed to be what is meant by " the last rites "), Penance and the Eucharist.

In the Roman Ritual's Pastoral Care of the Sick: Rites of Anointing and Viaticum, Viaticum is the only sacrament dealt with in Part II: Pastoral Care of the Dying.

The sacraments of Anointing of the Sick ( Extreme Unction ) and Confirmation or Chrismation are also administered by priests, though in the Western tradition Confirmation is ordinarily celebrated by a bishop.

Before his execution, McVeigh took the Catholic sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.

Other rites such as Confirmation, Ordination, Holy Matrimony, Funerals, and Anointing of the Sick are performed but are not considered sacraments.

The only sacraments celebrated during this time are Baptism ( for those in danger of death ), Penance, and Anointing of the Sick.

Just inside the entrance is The Stone of Anointing, also known as The Stone of Unction, which tradition claims to be the spot where Jesus ' body was prepared for burial by Joseph of Arimathea.

He received the Anointing of the Sick ( formerly known as " Last Rites ").

Anointing may also be given during Forgiveness Vespers and Great Week, on Great and Holy Wednesday, to all who are prepared.

Anointing is sometimes also called anting because of a similar behavior in birds.

Anointing is also used to aid persons within negative cycles — illnesses, demonic possession or streaks of " bad luck ".

Anointing was also an act of hospitality, as Jesus was anointed in the house of the Pharisee ().

Anointing and laying on of hands have also been used for other purposes, such as consecrating someone for missions or other special service.

Anointing with oil is also practiced in some churches.

Most couples, but not all, also received their Second Anointing.

It has also been referred to as the Father's blessing, the Anointing, the Awakening, the River and the Fire.

* Great and Holy Wednesday: Anointing of Jesus with myrrh by Mary of Bethany ( Sister of Lazarus and Martha ) in the house of Simon the Leper in Bethany ; also, the Holy Unction ( 4 days )

*" The pastor ... may also grant permission to use the earlier ritual for the administration of the Sacraments of Baptism, Marriage, Penance, and the Anointing of the Sick, if the good of souls would seem to require it.

The Anointing of Solomon by Cornelis de Vos. According to Books of Kings | 1 Kings 1: 39, Solomon was Anointing | anointed by Zadok.

Unlike the Anointing of the Sick, Viaticum may be administered by a priest, deacon or extraordinarily ( and only in special circumstances ) by a lay minister, using the reserved Blessed Sacrament.

The Anointing of Jesus, by William Hole, 1906.

Among Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Myron ( Μύρον, Holy Oil ) for Chrismation ( and, prior to the 20th century, for the Anointing of monarchs ) is prepared periodically by the Orthodox Patriarchates ( such as the Church of Constantinople -- see an announcement and process for preparation, with some sample dates of preparation ) and by the various heads of autocephalous churches ( such as the Orthodox Church in America -- see photos of the process ).

Anointing is not only used by Pentecostal churches but by many other denominations to describe the work of the Holy Spirit among believers.

A controversial aspect of Hinn's ministry is his teaching on, and demonstration of, a phenomenon he dubs " The Anointing "— the power purportedly given by God and transmitted through Hinn to carry out supernatural acts.

The beliefs of the Schwarzenau Brethren include triune baptism, which provides that the candidate kneel in water and be immersed, face first, three times in the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ; the New Testament as the infallible guide in spiritual matters ; communion service celebrated in the evening, accompanied by the love feast ; the ceremony of the washing of feet ; the salutation of the Holy kiss ; prayer and Anointing with oil over the sick ; and Nonresistance.

When the Sovereign is anointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the anointing oil is poured from the Ampulla into the Anointing Spoon.

Anointing was performed by slaves called unctores and aliptae.