Sentences with phrase «efficacy as a sacrament»

For the gospel we are commanded to believe has the same efficacy as a sacrament: It gives what it signifies to those who receive it in faith.

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You will also commonly find a cynicism about the sacraments» efficacy as part of that.

In the absence of proof that the God so confidently invoked by the orthodox bishop really exists in the world, perhaps Merrick in his last moments is yet attempting, in his confused way, to «Follow the way by which [others] began,» as Pascal wrote, accepting the sacraments, discipline and consolations of the church and now imitating Christ's death as if he believed in their efficacy.