latter, that they not only signify but actually confer grace. Hence Peter Lombard’s famous definition: “Sacramentum proprie id dicitur quod ita est signum gratiae Dei et invisibilis gratiae forma, ut ipsius imaginem gerat et causa existat,” or, more concisely, “Sacramentum est signum efficax gratiae sanctificantis,”—a Sacrament is an efficacious sign of sanctifying grace. a) The note of “personal sanctification” eliminates a multitude of signs or symbols which were formerly included in the term Sacrament,