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Sacraments
- EucharistThe night before his crucifixion, Jesus Christ took bread and wine to share with his disciples. Passages in the New Testament state that he commanded them to…
- SacramentAugustine of Hippo formulated a definition that still shapes Christian thought today. He described a sacrament as an outward sign of inward grace instituted…
- Confession (religion)In the Latin Church, a priest sits in the center of a confessional box while penitents approach from alternating sides to confess their sins.
- BaptismThe English word baptism traces its lineage back to the neuter Greek noun baptisma, a term that emerged as a neologism within the New Testament.
- Mass (liturgy)The English noun Mass derives from the Middle Latin word missa. This term entered Old English as mæsse, sometimes glossed as sendnes meaning a sending or…