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18 sectionsContents
- Generic meaning
- Etymology
- Summary table
- Catholicism
- Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy
- Hussite Church and Moravian Church
- Lutheranism
- Anglicanism and Methodism
- Reformed (Continental Reformed, Congregationalist, and Presbyterian)
- Baptists
- Irvingism
- Latter-day Saints
- Other traditions
- Non-sacramental churches
- Notes
- References
- See also
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Seven Sacraments Altarpiece|The Seven Sacraments, an [[altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden]]
A sacrament is a Christian rite which is recognized as being particularly important and significant. There are various views on the existence, number and meaning of such rites. Many Christians consider the sacraments to be a visible symbol of the reality of God, as well as a channel for God's grace. Many denominations, including the Catholic, Lutheran, Moravian, Reformed (Continental Reformed, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions), Anglican, Methodist and Baptist, hold to the definition of sacrament formulated by Augustine of Hippo: an outward sign of an inward grace, that has been instituted by Jesus Christ. Sacraments signify God's grace in a way that is outwardly observable to the participant.