Reading notes

"Marriage was traditionally seen as a sacrament (by the R.C. church) on the grounds that it was an analogy of the relationship between Christ and the Church. The reformers denied that this was sufficient reason to turn it into a 'sacrament' as such. Calvin mischievously remarked that on these grounds burglary would be a sacrament, since the 'day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.'"

- Euan Cameron, The European Reformation, pg 167.