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 *'''sacrament'''
 **"the mysteries"
-***from Greek ''mystērion'' for "secret rite or doctrine"
+**"An efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the church, by which divine life is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit (see CCC 774, 1131)
-**conferred by Christ < see CCC 875
+**the word "sacrament" comes from Latin ''sacramentum'' for "an oath of obedience"
-**makes real what is symbolic
+***from ''sacrare'' "to make sacred,"
+****from PIE '''*sak-''' or '''*shnk''' "sanctify, make sacred"
+**the word "mysteries" = from Greek ''mystērion'' for "secret rite or doctrine"
+***when translated to Latin ''mystērion'' became both ''mysteriun'' and ''sacramentum''
+**mysteries = "hidden reality of salvation" through and by Christ
+** sacrament = "the visible sign of the hidden reality of salvation"
+***see [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/206/ CCC 774]
+**"mysteries" because sacraments
+**conferred by Christ
+***see [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/234/ CCC 875]
+**sacraments make real what is symbolic
 **see section below "[[Catechism of the Catholic Church#Sacraments|Sacraments]]"
 *'''sacred'''