# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_December 1861_S355
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Theological Axioms. 355

16. "Duo tantum instituit (Deus) sacramenta, unum initiationis, al-
terum nutritionis. (Augustin.)

God has instituted only two Sacraments: the one of admission and the
one of strengthening.

17. Nativitatem et vestimentum accipit homo in baptismo, alimentum
et medicamentum in sacra coena: quid est, quod porro desiderare queat?
(Danhauer.)

Man receives birth and clothing in Baptism, and nourishment and
medicine in the Holy Supper: what more, then, is there left for him to
desire?

18. Sacramenta Veteris et Novi Testamenti causa efficiente et fine
conveniunt, materia et forma discrepant. (Kromayer.)

The Sacraments of the Old and of the New Testament agree with one
another as regards the efficient cause and the final purpose; they
differ as regards their constituent parts and that in which their
essence consists.

19. "All the histories of Holy Scripture prove this: that the kind and
merciful God, out of his overflowing grace, has at all times given and
set up, alongside the Word, an outward, visible sign of grace as well,
so that men, reminded by such an outward sign and act, as by a
sacrament, might believe all the more certainly that God wished to be
favorable and gracious to them." (Luther.)

20. Quamvis duo solum ordinaria et perpetua fuerint V. T. sacra-
menta proprie et specifice sic dicta, tamen plura fuerunt καιρικά V. T. sa-
cramenta, quae erant visibilia invisibilis gratiae Dei signa et testimonia,
fidei confirmationem spectantia. (Gerh.)

Although there were, in the Old Testament, only two ordinary and
permanent Sacraments so called in the proper and specific sense, there
were nevertheless several occasional (καιρικά) Sacraments of the Old
Testament as well, which were visible signs and testimonies of the
invisible grace of God, intended to strengthen faith.

21. Sacramentum est opus, in quo Deus nobis exhibet hoc,
quod offert annexa ceremoniae promissio; sacrificium est opus, quod
nos Deo reddimus, ut eum honore afficiamus. (Apolog. A. C.)

"A sacrament is a ceremony, or outward sign, or act, by which God
gives us that which the divine promise attached to that ceremony
offers; a sacrifice, on the other hand, is a ceremony or act which we
render to God, in order to honor him."

22. Accedit verbum ad elementum, et fit sacramentum. (Augustin.)

Let the Word be added to the element, and it becomes a Sacrament.

23. Ministri ecclesiae in administratione sacramentorum sunt dispen-
satores beneficii alieni. (Gerh.)

The ministers of the church are, in the administration of the
Sacraments, distributors of another's benefit.