单词 | visible sign |
释义 | > as lemmasvisible sign a. Theology. With reference to the sacraments: a visible act or material object taken to symbolize something immaterial or abstract, esp. inward grace; also simply outward sign, visible sign. Cf. sense 13. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > [noun] > outward visible sign outward visible sign1528 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xcv Now must a sacramente be an outwarde signe that maye be sene, to signifie..some spirituall promyse which can not be sene but by fayth only. 1553 J. Bradford Let. 6 Oct. in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 293 There is Idolatry in worshipping the outwarde signe of breade and wyne. 1604 Bk. Common Prayer Catechism Q. How many partes be there in a Sacrament? A. Two: the Outward visible signe, and the Inward spirituall Grace. 1707 J. Scandret Sacrifice Divine Service ii. 54 Every Offering and Sacrifice is an outward visible Sign, of some invisible thing thereby signify'd. 1752 L. Chappelow Comm. Bk. Job I. (xlii. 9) 569 The Lord accepted Job: Cocceius supposes the manner of this acceptance was by some outward, visible sign. 1830 J. Lanigan Catechetical Conf. Penance 10 A Sacrament is a visible sign permanently instituted by Christ, and productive of grace. 1861 tr. O Food that Weary Pilgrims Love! in Hymns, Anc. & Mod. (Introits & Anthems) p. xvii O Jesu, Whom, by power divine Now hidden 'neath the outward sign, We worship and adore. 1938 Doctr. Church of Eng. ii. 127 The ordinary scholastic use is to employ the word [sc. sacrament] as meaning the outward and visible sign. 1999 W. R. Crockett Eucharist 110 The invisible reality of the body and blood of Christ is symbolized by the outward visible sign. < as lemmas |
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