Title: Sacrament - Wikipedia
Headings: Sacrament
Sacrament
Contents
Etymology
Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy
Hussite Church and Moravian Church
Lutheranism
Anglicanism and Methodism
Reformed (Continental Reformed, Congregationalist, and Presbyterian)
Irvingism
Latter-day Saints
Other traditions
Non-sacramental churches
References
External links

Content: The Eastern Churches, such as the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox Church as well as the Eastern Catholic Churches, also believe that there are seven major sacraments, but apply the corresponding Greek word, μυστήριον ( mysterion ), also to rites that in the Western tradition are called sacramentals and to other realities, such as the Church itself. Many Protestant denominations, such as those within the Reformed tradition, identify two sacraments instituted by Christ, the Eucharist (or Holy Communion) and Baptism. The Lutheran sacraments include these two, often adding Confession (and Absolution) as a third sacrament. Anglican and Methodist teaching is that "there are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord," and that "those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel." Some traditions, such as Quakerism and the Salvation Army do not observe any of the rites, or, in the case of Anabaptists, hold that they are simply reminders or commendable practices that do not impart actual grace—not sacraments but " ordinances " pertaining to certain aspects of the Christian faith. Contents
1 Etymology
2 Catholicism
3 Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy
4 Hussite Church and Moravian Church
5 Lutheranism
6 Anglicanism and Methodism
7 Reformed (Continental Reformed, Congregationalist, and Presbyterian)
8 Irvingism
9 Latter-day Saints
10 Other traditions
10.1 Non-sacramental churches
11 References
12 External links
Etymology
The English word " sacrament " is derived indirectly from the Ecclesiastical Latin sacrāmentum, from Latin sacrō ("hallow, consecrate"), from sacer ("sacred, holy"). This in turn is derived from the Greek New Testament word "mysterion". In Ancient Rome, the term meant a soldier's oath of allegiance. Tertullian, a 3rd-century Christian writer, suggested that just as the soldier's oath was a sign of the beginning of a new life, so too was initiation into the Christian community through baptism and Eucharist. Catholicism
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