I once asked an intern to do a survey of the members. to discover how well they understood the sacraments. They struggled to name the sacraments, he said, and some may not know what the word means. OBSERVATION: Historically, we acknowledge two sacraments: baptism and communion. However, if sacraments are, according to Louis Berkhof, “objective channels which Christ has instituted in the Church, and to which He ordinarily binds Himself in the communication of His grace”, there may be more. In my MTh thesis, I described how ministry was regarded as a sacrament until about the 19th Century. I think that is a correct view, on Berkhof's definition.
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