Editing Sacrifice

A '''sacrifice''' is an offering or act of propitiation (atonement)

* a sacred or ritual offering
* from Latin ''sacri'' (sacred) + ''facere'' "to make, to do"
** from PIE root '''*dhe-''' "to set, put"
** thus "make done"
* as opposed to ''sacrare'', which means "to make sacred", sacrifice is a sacred offering not an act of making holy unto itself

Per [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/510/ CCC 2099]<blockquote>It is right to offer sacrifice to God as a sign of adoration and gratitude, supplication and communion: "Every action done so as to cling to God in communion of holiness, and thus achieve blessedness, is a true sacrifice."<ref>The quotation is from St. Augustine</ref></blockquote>

== Jesus Christ is the perfect and only complete sacrifice ==
From [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/388/ CCC 1545]:<blockquote>The redemptive sacrifice of Christ is unique, accomplished once for all;

yet it is made present in the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Church. The same is true of the one priesthood of Christ; it is made present through the ministerial priesthood without diminishing the uniqueness of Christ's priesthood: "Only Christ is the true priest, the others being only his ministers."</blockquote>

== Old Testament or "Old Temple" sacrifice ==
Old Testament, Israelite sacrifices were called "korban" (a noun)

* the Hebrew qrb (קרב) means "be near"
** is related to Akkadian (Ancient Middle East) ''qribtu'', for "act of offering"
** thus near to God through a sacrifice to him

{| class="wikitable"
|+Types of Old Testament Sacrifices
|'''Burnt offerings'''

(o''lah'' for holocaust)
|
* sacrifice of thanks & devotion, as well as for atonement
* the animal is not consumed = for God alone
* the sacrificial victim is an “unblemished” animal (see Gn 4:4)
** the blood was sprinkled around the altar
** the animal skin was given to the priest
** the rest of the  animal consumed by fire
* the smoke = “pleasing aroma” for God ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/leviticus/1:9 Lv 1:9])
** the smoke “sanctified” (make holy) the altar
|-
|'''Grain offerings'''

(''minchah'' for gift)
|·         grain usually in  the form of bread

·         also wine  (“fruit of the earth”)

·         handful of  flour or oil burnt as offering

·         the rest  consumed by the priests
|-
|'''Peace or Slaughter offerings'''

(''shelamim'' for peace & prosperity)
|·         sacrifice of  thanksgiving

·         the animal is  slaughtered and consumed

·         the fat of the  animal is burnt as offering the best portion to God

·         the priests  received the breast or shoulder; the offerer received the rest for  consumption the day of or the next
|-
|'''Sin & Trespass offerings'''

(''chatat'' for sin from “to miss or to err”; ''asham''  for guilt)
|·         sin offerings could  be an animal or grain

·         for atonement  of unintentional sins

·         which could be  for the entire nation of Israel

·         “guilt” or  “trespass” offerings” were for intentional sin and required reparation  (repayment of harm done; see Lv 7:2)
|-
|'''Notes on Passover and the  Passover Lamb'''
|·         from Exodus  Ch. 12

·         the “lamb” is a  1 year old sheep or goat

·         and must be  “without blemish”

·         the lamb is slaughtered,  the blood applied to the doorposts & lintels (supporting beam at top of  the door)

·         the blood marks  the houses that Angel of God will “pass over” when taking the first born males  of Egypt (Ex 12:27)

·         the blood is to  be applied with a “hyssop” plant

·         no foreigner is  to eat it
|}