Canonical Norms Regarding the Administration of the Sacrament of Anointing with Holy Chrism
Canonical Norms Regarding the Administration of the Sacrament of Anointing with Holy Chrism

Summary/Abstract: The Holy Chrism is the Sacrament through which the newly baptized, immediatelyafter baptism, receives the grace of the Holy Spirit to strengthen and enhance inthe new life acquired through baptism. The relationship between the effects ofthis Mystery and of Baptism is similar to that of bodily growth and birth. For asthe newborn needs special care to grow, so does the new born spiritual need tobe strengthened by new gifts, to grow in the new life he has acquired throughbaptism. Therefore, the grace received through the Sacrament of the Holy Chrismis necessary for the growth and moral-spiritual perfection of the one reborn throughbaptism, for which some Holy Fathers, such as Cyril of Jerusalem, say that onlyafter receiving the holy chrism, the new baptized is worthy to bear the name as aChristian. The necessity of this Sacrament is shown by Nicholas Cabasila, who saysthat through the Sacrament of the Holy Chrism, the powers given to man throughbaptism are put into work. Therefore, in this study we talked about the canonicalnorms regarding the ministers, the recipients, the matter and the form, as well as thespecial cases regarding the administration of this Sacrament

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