<P> Calvin defined a sacrament as an earthly sign associated with a promise from God . He accepted only two sacraments as valid under the new covenant: baptism and the Lord's Supper (in opposition to the Catholic acceptance of seven sacraments). He completely rejected the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation and the treatment of the Supper as a sacrifice . He also could not accept the Lutheran doctrine of sacramental union in which Christ was "in, with and under" the elements . His own view was close to Zwingli's symbolic view, but it was not identical . Rather than holding a purely symbolic view, Calvin noted that with the participation of the Holy Spirit, faith was nourished and strengthened by the sacrament . In his words, the eucharistic rite was "a secret too sublime for my mind to understand or words to express . I experience it rather than understand it ." </P> <P> In common with other Protestant Reformers, Calvin believed that there were only two sacraments, baptism and the Lord's Supper . Calvin also conceded that ordination could also be called a sacrament, but suggested that it was a "special rite for a certain function ." </P> <P> Calvin believed in infant baptism, and devoted a chapter in his Institutes to the subject . </P> <P> Calvin believed in a real spiritual presence of Christ at the Eucharist . For Calvin, union with Christ was at the heart of the Lord's Supper . </P>

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