Sacramentarians

Reading of the *Confessio Augustana* by Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg, 1530

The Sacramentarians were

Lutheran sacramental union (as well as similar doctrines such as consubstantiation).^[1]

During the turbulent final years of

Katherine Parr, herself suspected by certain factions of harboring heretical beliefs.^[2]

Sacramentarians comprised two parties:[1]

the followers of
Confessio Tetrapolitana from the cities of Strasbourg, Konstanz, Lindau and Memmingen
.

the followers of the Swiss reformer Huldrych Zwingli, including Johannes Oecolampadius. Zwingli presented his own confession of faith at the Diet of Augsburg.

The doctrinal standpoint was the same – an admission of a spiritual presence of Christ which the devout soul can receive and enjoy, but a total rejection of any physical or corporeal presence.^[1]

After holding their own view for some years the four cities accepted the

Helvetic Confession.^[1]

In the 19th and 20th centuries, an inversion of terms has led to the name "Sacramentarians" being applied to those who hold a high or extreme view of the efficacy of the

sacraments.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sacramentarians". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 979.
^ Loewenstein, David (2013). Treacherous Faith: The Specter of Heresy in Early Modern. p. 70.

[EB1911-1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sacramentarians". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 979.

[2] Loewenstein, David (2013). Treacherous Faith: The Specter of Heresy in Early Modern. p. 70.

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