Excerpt from The Sacraments: A Course of Seven SermonsI. A Sacrament defined and explained: (a) A sacred sign or symbol, (b) sensible and why, (c) instituted by Jesus Christ, and made after His likeness, (d) to sanctify and save the souls of men, this being the end of its institution, (e) the Sacraments, seven in number, to supply the seven special needs of the spiritual life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.