Can you find the seven sacraments in the Bible?

Answer 1

Actually, yes, He did; the Seven Sacraments are not just something that the Holy Church made up. (Actually.... NOTHING that the Holy Church proclaims as true is something that it made up. Everything has a historical basis. I do not say "biblical and/or historical" because biblical is a subcategory of "historical.")

Anywho, continuing.....

biblical evidence for the sacrament of baptism can be found when Jesus was baptized by St. John the Baptist. It can also be found in the Gospel of John, 3:22-30.

biblical evidence for the sacrament of confirmation can be found in several places, one of which is the Book of Acts. in Acts 8:14-17, it states that the people of Samaria were baptized in Christ but did not receive the fullness of the Spirit until they were confirmed by the elders. Too, in Acts 19:5-6, the people of Ephesius were baptized in Christ, but Paul laid hands on them to seal them with the Holy Spirit. This sealing refers to the sacrament of confirmation. Confirmation is a sacrament that Jesus Christ instituted within His Catholic Church to further strengthen those who have reached adulthood.

In Paul's Letter to the Ephesians (1:13), he writes that the baptized Ephesians were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, in reference to confirmation.

In Hebrews 6:2, Paul gives instruction to the Hebrews about the laying on of hands, in reference to confirmation, not ordination. The early Church laid hands upon the confirmand to administer the sacrament of confirmation. (Today, the Church still does that, but they do it in the sacrament of Holy Orders, as well.)

In the Gospel of John (6:27), Jesus says the Father has set His seal on Him. As the Father sets His seal on Jesus, so Jesus sets His seal on us on the sacrament of baptism (ah-hah! another Scripture reference in support of baptism!), and later, in the sacrament of confirmation.

Lastly, in support of confirmation, Revelation 9:4 states that the locusts could not harm those with the seal of God upon their foreheads. This "seal of God" refers to confirmation, and the locusts refer to evil. (See also: Rev. 14:1 and 22:4.)

Support for the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist should be obvious, in that one of the places is the Lord's Last Supper, which took place in the Gospel of Matthew, 26:26-29. Jesus states to "do this in rememberance of Me." Therefore, we should continue to celebrate the Eucharist and remember His Passion and Death which He undertook for the alleviation of our sins.

There is also, in fact, evidence for transubstantiation (the term we use in reference to the fact that the elements used in the Holy Communion ARE the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ; they are not mere symbols). In the Gospels of Matthew (26:26), Mark (14:22), and Luke (22:19-20), the Septuagint (the original Greek text before it was translated - even before it was translated into Latin) states "Touto estin to soma mou." This phraseology means "This is actually..." or "This is really..." "...My Body and Blood."

In the Gospel of Luke (24:26-35), in the Emmaus Road story, Jesus gives a homily on the Scriptures and then follows it with the celebration of the Eucharist. This is an early version of Holy Mass, and the Church has followed this order of the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist for 2,000 years.

There are also MANY other references to the Eucharist, but I'm trying to make this brief, and it's all ready getting extremely long. uhmm.... k, so, next sacrament.

the sacrament of mercy. (a.k.a. - the sacrament of penance, the sacrament of reconciliation, etc. but seldom called the sacrament of confession, as confession only constitutes PART of this sacrament. one must partake in the actual confession of sins and the due penance before the full sacrament is accomplished.)

Evidence for this sacrament can be found in the Gospel of John (20:19-23). It talks about Jesus giving the disciples the power to forgive sins. Actually, that's the title of the segment.... haha. ^.^;; Anywho, Jesus breathes upon the disciples and then says to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." The Church kept the sacrament of mercy.

Evidence for extreme unction (a.k.a. annointing of the sick) can be found in the Gospel of Mark (6:13). The apostles anointed the sick with oil and cured them. This is a sacrament of the Catholic Church instituted by Christ which heals us physically and spiritually.

Also, evidence can be seen in James 5:14-15. These verses demonstrate another example of how priests effect the forgiveness of sins (here, even without the sacrament of mercy [a.k.a. reconciliation]) by the power of Jesus Christ. Protestants have no plausible exegesis of this passage other than to acknowledge the sacrament of the sick.

Again, there are others, but I am trying to keep it as brief as possible.

All rig proud Catholic, myself. also, my Bible was used extensively. ^.^ my knowledge of Church doctrine was used extensively, too. (I'm actually surprised at how much I know.... I be happy!)

Originally posted by R Cath on Yahoo! Answers

Answer 2

All of the 7 Sacraments are instituted by Jesus Christ. They are found in the Gospels (and Acts). The names of the sacraments are not spelled out but you will get the idea... the same idea of the Trinity.

Answer 3

There are only two sacraments in The Bible, the Lord's Supper and baptism. Nothing more and nothing less.

Answer 4

No, but, neither is the word 'Bible' in the Bible.

Answer 5

The word 'sacrament' does not appear in the Bible, so we may say that there are no sacraments in the Bible