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sac·ra·ment
/ ˈsakrəmənt/
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a religious ceremony or act of the Christian Church that is regarded as an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual divine grace, in particular:
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(in the Roman Catholic and many Orthodox Churches) the rites of baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, ordination, and matrimony.
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(among Protestants) baptism and the Eucharist.
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(also the Bless·ed Sac·ra·ment or the Ho·ly Sac·ra·ment)
(in Roman Catholic use) the consecrated elements of the Eucharist, esp. the Host:
he heard Mass and received the sacrament.
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a thing of mysterious and sacred significance; a religious symbol.
ORIGIN: Middle English: from Old French sacrement, from Latin sacramentum ‘solemn oath’ (from sacrare ‘to hallow,’ from sacer ‘sacred’), used in Christian Latin as a translation of Greek mustērion ‘mystery.’
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Sacrament: The Language of God's Giving. (Book Reviews).
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; SACRAMENT: THE LANGUAGE OF GOD...does L.-M. Chauvet's Sacraments: The Word of God at the...and my own, Christian Sacraments in a Postmodern World...postmodernity. His main thesis is: sacraments are an "eventing" of God...
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Help my unbelief: John Calvin on the Sacraments.(CALVIN)(Column)
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...grace of God in the sacraments (and faith should...against receiving the sacrament when a person harbours...theologian of the sacraments, on the matter...it will become a sacrament" (Institutes...efficacy) of the sacrament. Christ is always...preaching and the sacraments, and he is ...
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Signs of Freedom: Theology of the Christian Sacraments.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...his Symbol and Sacrament: A Sacramental...sign dimension of sacraments along with insufficient...the individual sacraments (part 2) is much...often-confusing sacrament. His treatment...minister of the sacrament of anointing...dimension of the sacraments. Also, the treatment...
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A Guide to the Sacraments
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...For Macquarrie, a sacrament raises mere "things...undergirding all the sacraments is Christ himself in...as its theme. This sacrament, which has so often...a "supplementary sacrament" necessary to deal...horizontal dimensions of the sacraments. They are, after...
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REPOLISHING SACRAMENTS.(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/23/2000; 700+ words
; ...Incarnation, which all seven sacraments affirm. Murray Bodo...ordination, and all the sacraments, ``we end up becoming ourselves 'sacraments' of God's presence...price of the book. No sacrament is more ignored, yet more...
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Healing the wound: the sacraments and human sexuality.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 10/3/2003; ; 700+ words
; Sacrament: In general...there are seven sacraments: baptism...yearning for sacrament and symbol...substitute sacraments of our time...mystery, sacrament or even spirituality...right" to the sacraments (n. 213...
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Reprieve for Blessed Sacrament not likely, parents learn
Newspaper article from: Press of Atlantic City; 12/7/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...continued Thursday for people at Blessed Sacrament School as they learned that the school...announced a plan last week to merge Blessed Sacrament and St. James School in Ventnor into a new school based in Ventnor. But Blessed Sacrament parents argue there is not enough room...
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Abusing the sacraments.
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...abuse of a marvellous sacrament. Let parents of...feel better when sacraments take place in the...the grace of the sacrament. What's the point...Matrimony is a sacrament. Like all the sacraments, it gives grace...
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Seeable Signs: The Iconography of the Seven Sacraments, 1350-1544.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...on the seven-sacrament fonts of East Anglia...representation of all seven sacraments in a variety of...localizes the seven-sacrament fonts, the correspondence...Chapter 3, `The sacraments in the cura animarum...rare in seven-sacrament art' (p. 161...iconography of the sacraments', ...
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Crisis threatens sacraments, but not faith; despite blow to priesthood, bishops' actions do not undermine Catholic truth.(sexual scandal rocks the Catholic Church, but faith remains)(Brief Article)(Column)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 6/21/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...a new grandchild, in the sacrament of baptism, a celebration...ministerial responsibility by the sacrament of holy orders. Without the sacrament of holy orders, there is...again, it is because of the sacraments that Catholics remain in...
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Sacraments
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Sacraments From the Latin...meaning oath, a sacrament is an outward sign...forgiveness through the sacraments. Protestantism...criterion that a sacrament be clearly mandated...thus always tying sacraments to God's word...
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Sacrament
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Sacrament. The word...Latin NT; sacraments are thus the...fundamental sacrament of Christ in...enumerated sacraments are implicit...x2019; of the sacrament; rather it...Three of the sacraments, Baptism...
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sacrament
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sacrament [Lat.,=something holy...sacred. In Christianity, a sacrament is commonly defined as having...number and operation of sacraments. The traditional view held...certain Anglicans counts the sacraments as seven— Eucharist...
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sacraments
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
sacraments From the Latin ‘ sacramentum...practices—he misunderstood their sacraments to be oaths by which they promised not...Baptism and Eucharist being designated sacraments. Other rites were added to these sacraments...
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sacrament house
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
sacrament house. A shrine-like receptacle for the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament. Except in Scotland , sacrament houses came to take the form of a small tower, with the central part often done in open-work. From the 16th cent. they were largely displaced by tabernacles .
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