Tag: Grace

  • Choosing Sacraments

    [This is the third of three posts about the sacraments. Click the links to read the first about the sacraments and the second about their messy history.] If you recall, a sacrament is the “outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace, given by Christ as sure and certain means by which we receive…

  • What is a Sacrament?

    [This is the first of three posts about the sacraments. Check out the second and third.] What do we mean when we call something a Sacrament? According to the Book of Common Prayer (pp. 857-8): The sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace, given by Christ as sure and certain means by…