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Though not dogmatic about the number of sacraments, the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Churches]] generally teach three sacraments (Holy Baptism, Holy Absolution and Holy Eucharist), identifying four others as rites: confirmation, ordination, matrimony, and anointing of the sick.<ref name="Galler2025">{{cite web |last1=Galler |first1=Jayson S. |title=Word & Sacrament |url=https://www.pilgrimlc.org/word-sacrament |publisher=Pilgrim Lutheran Church |access-date=9 May 2025 |language=English |date=2025 |quote=...generally in the Lutheran Christian tradition we speak of three sacraments.}}</ref>

Though not dogmatic about the number of sacraments, the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Churches]] generally teach three sacraments (Holy Baptism, Holy Absolution and Holy Eucharist), identifying four others as rites: confirmation, ordination, matrimony, and anointing of the sick.<ref name="Galler2025">{{cite web |last1=Galler |first1=Jayson S. |title=Word & Sacrament |url=https://www.pilgrimlc.org/word-sacrament |publisher=Pilgrim Lutheran Church |access-date=9 May 2025 |language=English |date=2025 |quote=...generally in the Lutheran Christian tradition we speak of three sacraments.}}</ref>

The [[Reformed]] tradition teaches two sacraments: baptism and the Lord's Supper. The [[Anglican]] Church's Articles of Religion contend that the Catholic doctrine of [[transubstantiation]] negates the sacramental character of the Sacrament of the Altar (the Eucharist) because if the [[substance]]s of the bread and wine are rendered non-existent, as is claimed, there is no longer any physical component.<ref>According to Catholic doctrine the "substance" is not the "physical matter". See [[Transubstantiation#In Roman Catholic theology|Transubstantiation: In Roman Catholic theology]]. Compare [[Materialism]] and [[Philosophical naturalism]].</ref>

The [[Reformed]] (Continental Reformed, Presbyterian, Congregationalist, and Anglican) tradition teaches two sacraments: baptism and the Lord's Supper. The [[Anglican]] Church's Articles of Religion contend that the Catholic doctrine of [[transubstantiation]] negates the sacramental character of the Sacrament of the Altar (the Eucharist) because if the [[substance]]s of the bread and wine are rendered non-existent, as is claimed, there is no longer any physical component.<ref>According to Catholic doctrine the "substance" is not the "physical matter". See [[Transubstantiation#In Roman Catholic theology|Transubstantiation: In Roman Catholic theology]]. Compare [[Materialism]] and [[Philosophical naturalism]].</ref>

The [[Orthodox Church]] accepts the same set of sacraments as the Roman Catholic church does, but it declines to number the sacraments.  The sacraments of the [[Orthodox Church]] are more fully described in the essay "[[Orthodox Mysteries]]".

The [[Orthodox Church]] accepts the same set of sacraments as the Roman Catholic church does, but it declines to number the sacraments.  The sacraments of the [[Orthodox Church]] are more fully described in the essay "[[Orthodox Mysteries]]".