The Sacraments

The Roman Catholic Church decrees seven sacraments:

  1. Baptism
  2. Confirmation
  3. The Eucharist
  4. Penance
  5. Anointing of the Sick
  6. Holy Orders
  7. Matrimony

Rome also declares that the sacraments are necessary for salvation:


The teaching of Roman Catholicism is that grace is infused into the believer upon partaking in each sacrament:

“The principal ways of obtaining grace are prayer and the sacraments, especially the holy Eucharist.” – The New Saint Joseph Baltimore Catechism, No. 2, Answer to Question 117

Are the sacraments a method of receiving God’s grace? Did Jesus leave us with a sacramental system from which we would receive grace? What does the Scripture say?


“I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ” – 1 Corinthians 1:4 KJV


Paul made it clear that we receive God’s grace through faith. Grace is given through faith alone and not through a form of sacramental system.