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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] < ML sacrāmentum [[obligation]], [[oath]], LL: [[mystery]], rite, equiv. to L sacrā ( re ) to [[devote]] + -mentum -ment
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 1150]
==Definitions==
1. a visible sign of an inward [[grace]], esp. one of the solemn [[Christian]] [[rites]] [[considered]] to have been instituted by [[Jesus]] [[Christ]] to symbolize or confer [[grace]]: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are [[baptism]] and the [[Lord's Supper]]; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and [[Greek]] Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
2. (often initial capital letter ) Also called Holy Sacrament. the Eucharist or Lord's Supper.
3. the consecrated elements of the Eucharist, esp. the bread.
4. something regarded as [[possessing]] a [[sacred]] [[character]] or [[mysterious]] significance.
5. a sign, token, or [[symbol]].
6. an [[oath]]; [[solemn]] [[pledge]].
==Description==
A '''sacrament''', as defined in ''Hexam's Concise Dictionary of Religion'' is what [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic Roman Catholics] believe to be "a [[rite]] in which [[God]] is [[uniquely]] [[active]]." [[Augustine]] of Hippo defined a Christian sacrament as "a visible sign of an [[invisible]] [[reality]]." The Anglican ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer Book of Common Prayer]'' speaks of them as "an outward and visible sign of an inward and [[invisible]] [[Grace]]." Examples of sacraments would be [[Baptism]] and the [[Eucharist]]." Therefore a sacrament is a [[religious]] [[symbol]] or often a rite which conveys [[divine]] [[grace]], [[blessing]], or [[sanctity]] upon the believer who [[participates]] in it, or a tangible [[symbol]] which [[represents]] an intangible [[reality]]. As defined above, an example would be baptism in [[water]], representing (and conveying) the [[grace]] of the gift of the [[Holy Spirit]], the [[Forgiveness]] of [[Sin]]s, and membership into the Church. Anointing with [[holy]] anointing oil is another example which is often synonymous with receiving the [[Holy Spirit]] and [[salvation]]. Another way of looking at Sacraments is that they are an external and [[physical]] sign of the conferral of Sanctifying Grace.
Throughout the [[Christian]] [[faith]] views concerning which [[rites]] are sacramental, that is conferring sanctifying [[grace]], and what it means for an external act to be sacramental vary widely. Other [[religious]] [[traditions]] also have what might be called "sacraments" in a sense, though not necessarily according to the [[Christian]] [[meaning]] of the term.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrament]
[[Category: Religion]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] < ML sacrāmentum [[obligation]], [[oath]], LL: [[mystery]], rite, equiv. to L sacrā ( re ) to [[devote]] + -mentum -ment
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 1150]
==Definitions==
1. a visible sign of an inward [[grace]], esp. one of the solemn [[Christian]] [[rites]] [[considered]] to have been instituted by [[Jesus]] [[Christ]] to symbolize or confer [[grace]]: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are [[baptism]] and the [[Lord's Supper]]; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and [[Greek]] Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
2. (often initial capital letter ) Also called Holy Sacrament. the Eucharist or Lord's Supper.
3. the consecrated elements of the Eucharist, esp. the bread.
4. something regarded as [[possessing]] a [[sacred]] [[character]] or [[mysterious]] significance.
5. a sign, token, or [[symbol]].
6. an [[oath]]; [[solemn]] [[pledge]].
==Description==
A '''sacrament''', as defined in ''Hexam's Concise Dictionary of Religion'' is what [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic Roman Catholics] believe to be "a [[rite]] in which [[God]] is [[uniquely]] [[active]]." [[Augustine]] of Hippo defined a Christian sacrament as "a visible sign of an [[invisible]] [[reality]]." The Anglican ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer Book of Common Prayer]'' speaks of them as "an outward and visible sign of an inward and [[invisible]] [[Grace]]." Examples of sacraments would be [[Baptism]] and the [[Eucharist]]." Therefore a sacrament is a [[religious]] [[symbol]] or often a rite which conveys [[divine]] [[grace]], [[blessing]], or [[sanctity]] upon the believer who [[participates]] in it, or a tangible [[symbol]] which [[represents]] an intangible [[reality]]. As defined above, an example would be baptism in [[water]], representing (and conveying) the [[grace]] of the gift of the [[Holy Spirit]], the [[Forgiveness]] of [[Sin]]s, and membership into the Church. Anointing with [[holy]] anointing oil is another example which is often synonymous with receiving the [[Holy Spirit]] and [[salvation]]. Another way of looking at Sacraments is that they are an external and [[physical]] sign of the conferral of Sanctifying Grace.
Throughout the [[Christian]] [[faith]] views concerning which [[rites]] are sacramental, that is conferring sanctifying [[grace]], and what it means for an external act to be sacramental vary widely. Other [[religious]] [[traditions]] also have what might be called "sacraments" in a sense, though not necessarily according to the [[Christian]] [[meaning]] of the term.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrament]
[[Category: Religion]]
