How many Biblical sacraments are there?

Question

I find only three mentioned in the Bible.

Answer 1

which ones do you find? marriage? eucharist? baptism?

Answer 2

All the so-called "sacraments" are simply rituals and ceremonies that do not actually impart God's grace like a battery charge.

First of all, Jerome mistranslates "mysterion" as "sacramentum", the Pope approved the error and the Pope can't be seen to be wrong, so they built up an elaborate facade to make the error true. But marriage cannot be a means of grace since even the heathen marry every minute around the globe and did so before Christ was born. SO it is self-evidently not a means of grace, but firstly a scholarly error, one approved by a moron of a Pope whom Jerome flattered into approving his translation, and subsequently became a con game of the church to control marriage which was previously a civil arrangement, not something the church presumed to dispense and withhold as it sees fit and for its own purposes. Marriage is not a sacrament. The union of Christ and the church is a "mystery." How a man and woman come together and create wholeness. But neither Jesus, nor Paul nor any other Biblical writer ever calls marriage a sacrament or implies it is a means of divine grace.

Secondly, Jesus was baptized with John's baptism, which was a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, an act of ritual purification. Subsequent baptism into Christ as performed by the apostles, unlike the baptism for the remission of sins, was a ritual act of death and resurrection, Romans 6:4 "We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." 1 Peter 3:21 makes plain that even the baptism into Christ of itself does not impart grace, "21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him." Baptism is a pledge of a good conscience, but the salvation is in the resurrection of Christ. The ritual is an act of dedication. The ressurection of Christ is the means of grace, so again, baptism does not magically impart anything and is not a sacrament.

Finally, the best candidate for sacrament is communion, which is a ritual Jesus personally ordained, so it is correctly termed an "ordinance." But it is a remembrance ceremony, not a magical incantation. Every priest on earth knows the wafer and wine do not actually transmute into flesh and blood. SO they and many Lutheran groups pretend that the presence of Jesus' flesh and blood occurs in some non-corporeal sense, which is to say just as though it doesn't happen at all. Even Martin Luther got hung up on literalism in "this is my body, this is my blood." But Hulderich Zwingli, founder of the Swis Reformed, had it right. If Jesus had meant it literally he would have opened a vein and filled a cup with his actual blood and carved off pieces of his actual flesh. And as far as first Corinthians 11, Paul is not insinuating people are being magically poisoned by the communion wine and bread, but that they are coming under judgment from God because of their irreverance in the ritual of "the Lord's Supper." Again there is no mystical impartation of divine power involved in communion, other than that a Christian might expect in any act of obedience to their faith.

So the answer is there are no Biblical sacraments. Of the sacraments the Roman Catholic Church recognizes, only baptism and communion have any Biblical foundation/connection to Christ and the Apostles. The rest are rituals of the church.

Answer 3

What 3? You don't say.

There are seven sacraments. All are part of the Bible but not mentioned "by name" so to speak.

They are:


Baptisim - Christ was baptised.
http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap060200.htm

Confession - Christ gave the Apostles this authority and told us to confess our sins.
http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap060300.htm

Holy Eucharist - Christ said "unless you eat my body and drink my blood you shall not have life within you." Also at the last supper he instituted the Eucharist.
http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap060500.htm

Matrimony - Jesus performed his first miracle at the wedding in Cana and marriage is mentioned often in respect to Christ and the Church.
http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap060700.htm

Holy Orders - there were priests of God before Christ and after. Melchizedek is the first priest mentioned in the Bible...in Genesis. http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap060800.htm

Confirmation 2 Cor 1:21-22
But the one who gives us security (Vulgate, confirmat, confirms) with you in Christ and who anointed us is God; he has also put his seal upon us and given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment.
http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap060400.htm

Extreme Unction - sacrament of the sick. "And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven." (James 5:15)
http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap060600.htm

Answer 4

There are 7 in the Roman Catholic Church.

1) Baptism, which the Roman Catholic Church teaches removes original sin while infusing it with sanctifying grace.

2) Penance, in which one confesses his/her sins to a priest.

3) The Eucharist, considered the reception and consumption of the actual body and blood of Christ.

4) Confirmation, a formal acceptance into the church along with special anointing of the Holy Spirit.

5) Anointing of the sick or Extreme Unction, performed on a dying person for spiritual and physical strength as preparation for heaven. When combined with confession and the Eucharist, it is called the last rites.

6) Holy Orders, the process by which men are ordained to clergy.

7) Matrimony, which provides special grace to a couple.

However, all the grace we will ever need is received the moment a person trusts Jesus, by faith, as Savior. This grace is received by faith, not by observing rituals. (Ephesians 2:8-9). However ritual for many point to a greater understanding of this grace.

Answer 5

SACRAMENTS are Not In the BIBLE!

Sacraments are 'a dogma' of a Particular Church!

Believe GOD, and His Word the Bible = =or= = Believe a church?

They Are NOT Synonymous!

(2Timothy 3:16-17) All Scripture is God-breathed, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

(2Tim 3:17) that the man of God may be perfected, thoroughly furnished to every good work.

Thanks, RR

Answer 6

1. Baptism. Instituted by John the Baptist, blessed through His participation by Christ, and then commanded by Him as the entry into the faith.

2. Eucharist. Again in obedience to Christ, the re-enactment of the Last Supper wherein He offered bread and wine, saying that they were His flesh and His blood. In another part of the Gospels He tells His followers that they MUST eat His flesh and drink His blood in order to "Have life within you".

3. Confirmation. See Acts. The Christian equivalent of a Bar Mitzvah. Coming of age and taking on adult responsibilities as a member of the Mystical Body.

4. Annointing of the Sick. We are commanded to see to the sick and to annoint them with holy oil, pray over and with them and the Spirit will heal them. Sometimes this is a physical healing, but most often it is spiritual in nature.

5. Holy Orders. The laying on hands and passing the baton, as it were, to a new generation of priests and bishops. The giving of the powers granted by Christ to Peter for the continuance of His church. Descends from the Apostles when they began new Christian communities. They invariably ritually ordained a senior member to lead the congregation. Continues unbroken through today. Called the Apostolic Succession.

6. Marriage. Sanctified by Christ both at the wedding at Cana and by His lessons on marriage and its sanctity in the eyes of God.

7.Confession. The unburdening of sin, the repentance for the committal of same and the receipt of absolution followed by a penitential act with prayer. Instituted by Christ when he told the Apostles, "Go and preach the gospel. Whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven." See the Gospels, especially Matthew.

Hope this helped.

Answer 7

Seven.