back . . . up . . . next
Article XIII: Of the Use of the Sacraments.
Of the Use of the
Sacraments they teach that the Sacraments were
ordained, not only to be marks of
profession among men, but rather to be
signs and
testimonies of the will of God toward us, instituted to
awaken and
confirm faith in those who use them. Wherefore we must so use the Sacraments that faith be added to believe the promises which are offered and set forth through the Sacraments.
They therefore
condemn those who teach that the Sacraments justify by the outward act, and who do not teach that, in the use of the Sacraments,
faith which believes that
sins are
forgiven, is
required.