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["Jonathan Potter" <jdp AT scn.org>]

Same thing.  Also (and more currently) known as the Sacrament of the Sick or the Anointing of the Sick.

 

cf. http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/heal2.html

 

On 4/24/06, Gray, Rich <RGray AT montreat.edu> wrote:

In the Moviegoer epilog Binx tells his half-siblings that their brother Lonnie is about to die (from a virus infection).  Therese asks, "Was he anointed?"  Binx replies economically, "Yes."

 

Was this anointing Last Rites or Extreme Unction – or are they the same?

Rich

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