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The term sacrament is derived from the Latin sacramentum, meaning "a consecrating"; '"to consecrate", which itself was a Church Latin translation of the Greek mysterion, meaning "mystery".
The sacraments recognized by Roman Catholicism are (and see also Catholic sacraments):
In addition to these seven, some Christian groups consider foot washingFeet washing is a religious rite observed as an ordinance by several Christian denominations. The name, and even the spelling, of this practice is not consistently established, being variously known as feet washing, foot washing, feetwashing, footwashing, to be a sacrament.
The seven sacraments accepted by Catholicism are generally accepted by Eastern OrthodoxyEastern Orthodox Christianity (Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox) is the modern name primarily applied to the Christian church that claims to be the original historical church started by Christ Jesus and his Apostles 2000 years ago. They claim unbroken apo and Oriental OrthodoxyThe term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the churches of Eastern Christian traditions that keeps the faith of only the first three ecumenical councils of the undivided Church the councils of Nicea, Constantinople and Ephesus. The Oriental Orthodox churches r, but these traditions do not limit the number of sacraments to these seven.
The numeration, naming, and understanding of sacraments and the adoption of the remaining sacraments vary according to denominationA religious denomination (also: denomination is a large, long-established subgroup within a religion that has been in existence for many years. The term is frequently used to describe the different Christian churches ( Orthodox, Catholic and the many vari.
Most ProtestantsProtestantism in the strict sense of the word is the group of princes and imperial cities who, at the diet of Speyer in 1529, tried a protestation against the Edict of Worms which forbade the Lutheran teachings within the Holy Roman Empire. From there, th believe that sacraments are an "outward sign of an inward grace", or symbolic of what is taking place or has taken place invisibly. What Protestants consider to be a sacrament differs from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox positions. Most Protestants consider only baptism and CommunionThe word communion can refer to the Eucharist, or the act of receiving the Eucharist; or a group of churches in full communion with each other, or the relationship of full communion between Christian religious denominations; or the Communion of Saints; or, the usual Protestant term for the Eucharist, to be sacraments. They believe that the other five rites considered to be sacraments are not made sacraments by the New Testament; so while almost all Protestant churches have marriage ceremonies, and many have an ordained clergy and a ceremony conferring their version of holy orders, they do not consider these rites to be sacraments. Some Protestants in the Anglican communion are Anglo-Catholics, and may accept all of the Catholic sacraments; these believers often do not identify themselves as Protestants, however.
Many Anabaptists practice foot washing, citing the commandment of Jesus Christ: "If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet." ( John 13:14 KJV) Foot washing is a sacrament in this faith tradition.
Catholics hold that the sacrament itself is an effective means of grace, and not merely symbolic. They traditionally practice seven sacraments but acknowledge that additional means of grace exist without sacraments. Roman Catholics also have sacramental s, acts of worship that differ from sacraments proper, but which are also means of grace. Items such as the rosary or the various scapulars and holy medals issued by some Roman Catholic groups are counted among these sacramentals. Eastern Orthodox believers share the general understanding of sacraments held by Catholics, but differ on some matters. On a broad level, the use of sacraments is an affirmation of the goodness of created matter, and is an emphatic declaration of what that matter was originally created to be. On a specific level, while not systematically enumerating sacraments, the central sacrament is the Eucharist. Furthermore, sacraments are sometimes referred to as "mysteries", as in the "Mystery of Repentance".The Salvation Army does not practice formal sacraments for a variety of reasons, but does not however forbid its members from receiving sacraments in other denominations [1].
Quakers also do not practice formal sacraments, believing that all activities should be considered holy.| Politics | Business | Finance |
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