Abstract
The term “sacrament” has a remarkable history. It was taken over in early Christianity from Roman religion, taken over, indeed, with complete awareness of the meaning which it had there. The Roman concept sacramentum was found suitable for expressing a Christian idea.
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Kristensen, W.B. (1960). Sacraments. In: The Meaning of Religion. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6580-0_26
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