sacramentum

The word sacramentum or sacramenta in this case means the Mass.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

In the Latin church the word sacramentum, however, gradually changed its meaning.

A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860

The Latin word sacramentum, besides its usual classical sense, ` a sacred deposit, 'was often used to signify any thing sacred, or which had a hidden import.

A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860

The Latin word sacramentum means "a sign of the sacred."

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The Latin word sacramentum means "a sign of the sacred."

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The Latin word sacramentum means "a sign of the sacred."

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The word "sacramentum" in the sense of a holy mark or sign (_sacrum signum_) was used with a very wide meaning as denoting anything "by which under the cover of corporeal things the divine wisdom secretly works salvation."

The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 1907

He also calls it "sacramentum" (military oath) in ad mart. 3; de idolol. 6; de corona 11; Scorp.

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

This usage of the word is indeed not removed from the original one so long as it was merely meant to denote the supernatural origin and supernatural nature of the objects in question; but more than this was now intended; "sacramentum" ([Greek: mystêrion]) was rather intended to represent the holy thing that was revealed as something relatively concealed.

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

I. 2 "... si quis hoc fecisset. non offerretur pro eo nee sacrificium pro dormitione eius celebraretur;" 62. 5: "ut fratres nostros in mente habeatis orationibus vestris et eis vicem boni operis in sacrificiis et precibus repræsentetis, subdidi nomina singulorum."] [Footnote 279: Much as the use of the word "sacramentum" in the Western

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890