Why Are There Two Sacraments of Healing, Penance and Anointing of the Sick? | Prof. Roger Nutt

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🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Prof. Roger Nutt explores the theological significance of the sacraments of Penance and Anointing of the Sick as healing encounters that address both sin and its temporal consequences, emphasizing the Christian's journey toward a good death in light of Christ's redemptive act.

This lecture was given on February 9th, 2025, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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About the Speaker:

Roger W. Nutt is Provost of Ave Maria University where he also serves as professor of theology. He co-directs the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal with Dr. Michael Dauphinais and Dr. Steven Long. His research focuses on Christology and Sacramental Theology, and especially the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is the author of three books: Thomas Aquinas’ ‘De Unione Verbi Incarnati’ (Peeters Publishers, 2015); General Principles of Sacramental Theology (The Catholic University of America Press, 2017); and To Die is Gain: A Theological (re-)Introduction to the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick for Clergy, Laity, Caregivers, and Everyone Else (Emmaus Academic, 2022). He has also edited and co-edited ten volumes on various theological topics. His articles and chapters have appeared in publications such as Nova et Vetera, Gregorianum, Louvain Studies, The Thomist, Harvard Theological Review, Angelicum, Antiphon: A Journal of Liturgical Renewal, and The Oxford Handbook of the Reception of Aquinas.

Keywords: Anointing of the Sick, Ars Moriendi, Death, Penance, Philippians, Sacrament of Healing, Saint Anthony of the Desert, Sacramental Theology, Temporal Consequences of Sin

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1:06.8	So as was mentioned in the introduction, not that long ago, I came out with a book on the problem of death and suffering through the lens of the sacrament of anointing of the sick.
1:24.0	And I wrote the book because every time I taught the material on anointing of the sick, it struck me how underappreciated the sacrament was, but also how important general sacramental theology is and how understanding penance and anointing of the sick as two
1:46.7	sacraments of healing are important for navigating some difficult questions that we face in the
1:54.3	world today. And I call the book to die as gain. Some of you will know that that is a line from St. Paul's
2:03.7	letter to the Philippians, where St. Paul says to the Philippians that for him to live
2:10.5	is Christ and to die his game. And I always found that to be striking to modern ears. Is it possible for death to be a game?
2:23.7	Is it possible for us to live with that mentality like St. Paul? And if so, what are the threads
2:30.9	of faith that we need to cling to in order to have that mentality.
2:39.0	So I'm going to skip over a slide since we're a little late and preface my comments.
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