More traditional low church Anglicans, under the influence of Calvinist or Reformed thought inherited from the Reformation era, reject the doctrine that the sacraments confer grace " ex opere operato " ( e . g ., baptismal regeneration ) and lay stress on the Bible as the ultimate source of authority in matters of faith necessary for salvation.
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In Catholicism, justification is granted by God via the act ( " ex opere operato " ) of baptism firstly, by which the subject is formally justified and made holy by his own personal justice and holiness ( " causa formalis " ), instead of appropriated plainly by a living faith as under " sola fide ", and normally from the justification lost even if faith ( intellectual assent ) is still present.
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The Catholic position, according to Augustine, was " ex opere operato " " from the work having been worked "; in other words, that the validity of the sacrament depends upon the holiness of God, the minister being a mere instrument of God's work, so that any priest or bishop, even one in a state of mortal sin, who speaks the formula of the sacrament with valid matter and the intent of causing the sacrament to occur acts validly.
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Some hold views similar to the Roman Catholic " ex opere operato " theory, that is that when the outward ceremony is duly performed the inward grace is necessarily given unless the recipient puts some obstacle in the way ( " non ponere obicem " ) . and Article XXVIII in Anglicanism's " Thirty-Nine Articles " ( Article XVIII in Methodism's " Articles of Religion " ) on the Lord's Supper affirms " to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith, receive the same, the Bread which we break is a partaking of the Body of Christ ".
