Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who regards the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist as only the metaphorical, and not the physical, body and blood of Jesus.
- noun One who emphasizes the importance of sacraments as a means to grace; a sacramentalist.
- adjective Of or relating to Sacramentarians.
- adjective Of or relating to sacramentalism or sacramentalists.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sacramentary; pertaining to a sacrament or sacraments.
- Pertaining to sacramentarians.
- noun One who holds that the sacraments are mere outward signs not connected with any spiritual grace.
- noun A sacramentalist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl.) A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.
- noun One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.
- adjective Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Christianity One of the German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy
Eucharist . - noun Christianity One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.
- adjective Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals;
sacramental . - adjective Christianity Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Zwingli's eucharistic docrtrine, which came to be described as Sacramentarian, was especially offensive to Erasmus because as he interpreted it, it held that there was nothing at all in the communion except material bread and wine.
Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008
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The city where he had found the most physically and intellectually comfortable home he ever had, like most German cities, was strongly attracted to Luther and even more attracted to the more radical Zwinglian or Sacramentarian version of the Reformation.
Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008
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It was also threatening to him, because some of the young leaders who supported the Sacramentarian position had been very close to him as assistants at Froben's press.
Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008
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In 1526, a letter that he sent to a conference of the Swiss cantons called to organize opposition to the spread of Zwinglian doctrines again stated his objections to Sacramentarian doctrine.
Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008
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In commemoration of this, St. Norbert has been proclaimed the Apostle of Antwerp, and the feast of his triumph over the Sacramentarian heresy is celebrated in the Archdiocese of Mechlin on 11 July.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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This first appeared in the Sacramentarian controversy between Luther and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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This was never more manifest than in the interminable Sacramentarian warfare.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Sacramentarian strife was renewed in 1549 when the Zwinglians accepted Calvin's view of the Real Presence.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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He is held responsible for the Peasants 'Revolt and the rise of the Sacramentarian sects.
Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation 1904
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_Formula_ was "to establish and propagate unity in the Lutheran churches and schools, and to check the Sacramentarian leaven and other corruptions and sects."
Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894
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