Views During the Third Period (750-1517 A.D.) (39): The Seven Sacraments

We concluded our preceding article with a quotation of Hodge on the etymology and the classical and patristic usage (usage by the fathers) of the word "sacrament." Of interest in connection with this subject is the following quotation from the late Dr. H. Bavinck from his Dogmatics, IV, 217-218 (translation by the undersigned): "The widely propagated Greek mystery-essence exercised influence upon the Christian religion. The word musterion in the New Testament is the word for words and acts of...