Jesus directly instituted two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper (or Holy Communion, commonly called the Eucharist or the Mass); five others, Confirmation, Holy Matrimony, Reconciliation (confession and absolution), Ordination and Anointing of the Sick, are commonly called sacraments, but were not directly instituted by him.
Ecclesiastical . a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian ritesconsidered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments ofthe Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholicand Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holyorders, and extreme unction.
Baptism, Confirmation & the Holy Eucharist
Roman Catholic AnswerBecause without Baptism, you can not validly receive any of the other sacraments.
Christ instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation (or Chrismation), the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life:1 they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian's life of faith. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life.
Both are sacraments.
Baptism is one of the seven sacraments.
a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of thesolemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by JesusChrist to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestantchurches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of theRoman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism,confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, andextreme unction.
Because we believe that Christ instituted the sacraments as means for our salvation.
Sacraments are Holy Communion and Holy Baptism. Other Rites include Anointing of the sick, Confession, Confirmation, etc.
Ecclesiastical . a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian ritesconsidered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments ofthe Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholicand Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holyorders, and extreme unction.
Baptism, Communion, & Confirmation.