Edited sentence: " The Church simply altered her seven rituals (mysterion) to be the rituals where one affirmed loyalty to Christ.Borrowing from the Roman army, the Church found a ritual and term which would convey that sacraments (mysterion) were for ALL.Obviously, they borrowed "sacramentum" which was known to all Roman soldiers as the "oath sworn to.Originally, the Church used the term "mysterion" to signify these seven sacraments, but in a time of numerous cults this ancient term suggested an elite, a secretiveness, even a Gnosticism which was not the intention