Note 287b — LIFE AND LETTERS. (continued 6)
Reading edition
The word Sacrament is not found in Sacred Scripture; but it signifies an oath: and the Christian ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper were very early designated by this term, by some of the fathers; because the dedication of ourselves to God in these ordinances is as binding and obligatory as a solemn oath. In the Roman style, it signifies a most solemn and inviolable engagement.