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Sacramentarians

a term used England it means one who holds a "high" (1) Ordinarily in sacraments, especially of the Eucharist.

England it means one who holds a "high" (2) Technically, however, the word is used in Church history in an almost diametrically opposite sense holding a "low" doctrine on the subject of the sacraments for the party among for persons the Reformers who separated from Luther of the body and blood of Christ along taught the doctrine of the real presence of the body and blood of Christ along those who called this doctrine in question.

This sacramentarian party became so considerable that in the diet of Augsburg they claimed to present a special confession known in history by the name burg they claimed to present a special stance, Lindau, and Memmingen. The from the four cities, Strasburg, Contrine of a corporeal presence, and though from the four cities, Strasburg, Conit admits a spiritual presence of Christ which the devout soul can feel and enit admits a spiritual presence of Christ which the devout soul can feel and enwith this German movement, yet independent of it, was that of the Swiss reformer Zwingli, whose doctrine on the with this German movement, yet independent of it, was that of the Swiss reprivate confession of faith to the Augsburg diet in which this doctrine is embodied. The four cities named above SACRAMENTO continued for many years to adhere to this confession presented to the diet of Augsburg in their name; but eventually they accepted the so-called Confession of Augsburg, and were merged in the general body of Lutherans. On the contrary, the article of Zwingli upon the Eucharist was in substance embodied in the confession of the Helvetic Church.

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