Word: sacrament
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...baptism to be baptized with." "Can ye be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" But He sanctioned its use before His ascension, emphasizing the point that it was to be in the three-fold name, and to be accompanied with Christian instruction. It is the sacrament of incorporation, of cleansing and of a new birth, which must issue in new and cleanly surroundings, outward as well as inward...
...this scene Dante means to show that for the sacrament of Penitence two elements are necessary, the sinner, and the priest. Dante himself is the sinner and the angel the priest. Further he represents the three essential requisites of full repentence; contrition, confession and satisfaction to God; by the three flights of steps. The seven wounds carved on the forehead of Dante represent the seven deadly sins...
...subject this year is different and 1 ss difficult from that of last year, though none the less interesting. "The explanation and proof of the validity of the organization of ministers or Pastors of the churches and so their administration of the sacraments of religion as they have been practiced in New England" is a topic which, historically treated, would cover a great deal of ground and give a good comparison of the progress of church ritual and sacrament in New England...
...from an editorial in the New York Evening Post for Nov. 18th, may be of interest to such of your readers as have not already seen it. Speaking of an effort which Cardinal Newman made, while at Oxford, to abolish a rule which forced every undergraduate to take the sacrament regularly, the writer proceeds as follows...
Professor in Chemistry: "Suppose you were called to a patient who had swallowed a heavy dose of oxalic acid, what would you administer?" K-(who is preparing for the ministry, and who only takes chemistry because it is compulsory): "I would administer the Sacrament...