approved by the church. Thus understood, some examples of sacramentals would be the use of holy water, rings that are blessed at a wedding, parents invoking God’s blessing on their children, and so on. According to the rules laid down in church law (CIC, 1167–1172), the administering of sacramentals would normally be done by clerics but there are several cases where, rightly, they would be administered by lay people. Historically, the concept of sacramentals understood as objects or actions “resembling”