Chapter 27: Of the Sacraments

#Overview

This chapter belongs in the wiki because it anchors baptism and the Lord's Supper in a confessional frame.

The nature and purpose of the sacraments as signs and seals of the covenant of grace.

#Sacramental theology

This chapter treats the sacraments as signs and seals of the covenant of grace, giving the wiki a concise home for baptism and the Lord's Supper.

#Word and Spirit

The article should keep the sacraments tied to Christ's institution and the Spirit's work rather than treating them as bare rituals.

#Study note

The child pages can then separate the two ordinances without breaking their doctrinal unity.

#Key topics

• Sacraments
• Signs and seals
• Covenant
• Grace

These topics mark the doctrinal and navigational center of the page ¹.

#Related pages

• Signs, Seals, and Covenant Meaning — How sacraments visibly signify and seal Christ and the covenant of grace.
• Word, Spirit, and Efficacy — Why sacramental power does not rest in the elements themselves but in Christ's institution and the Spirit's work.
• Sacramental Unity and Distinction — What baptism and the Lord's Supper share, and how they remain distinct ordinances.

Use these child pages to move from the overview into narrower study units ¹.

#Signs, seals, and covenant meaning

The sacraments are treated here as signs and seals of the covenant of grace, not as empty symbols or magical rites ¹.

#Word, Spirit, and distinction

The subarticles keep the relation between Word, Spirit, and sacramental efficacy visible, then separate baptism from the Lord's Supper without breaking their unity.

#Study note

Use this chapter as the doctrinal doorway into baptism and communion practice.

#Sources

• [1] RPCNA convictions - Official constitutional landing page.

#Rights note

Summary-first treatment only. ²