Sacrament
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noun
(1) A formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
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Etymology
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Noun
- A sacred act or ceremony in Christianity. In Roman Catholic theology, a sacrament is defined as "an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace."
See also
- The Roman Catholic and Eastern churches list seven sacraments:
- baptism
- confirmation
- communion, Mass, or Eucharist
- penance
- extreme unction
- holy orders, or ordination
- matrimony
- The Protestant churches list two sacraments:
- anointing of the sick
- Extreme Unction
- eucharist
- Eucharistic liturgy
- Holy Eucharist
- Holy Sacrament
- last rites
- Liturgy
- Lord's Supper
- sacrament of the Eucharist
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