Top Sacrament Quotes

You cannot sodomize a Sacrament and expect God to say, 'Well done.

Surely we can only come to understand each other's beliefs by means of direct encounter and open, honest discussion. In the meantime, many free churches invite all believers in Jesus Christ to the Tab...

Sacrament Definition

(n.) The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.

(n.) The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.

(n.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper.

(v. t.) To bind by an oath.

Beauty, then, is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God himself and his revelation. These considerations should make us realize...

However grand our sacramental downsittings and updressings may be, they remain only and precisely sacraments: real presences, under particular signs, of the happier order that faith can discover under...

Voting is a civic sacrament.

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.