Are Sacraments Necessary for Salvation?

[SAVINGRACE]

youtube.com/watch?v=gkHsl8hl4yo

Sidenote: I thought all Sacraments were equal. Not sure where I got the idea from but here Cardinal Arinze states above that they are not equal and some are more vital than others. I thought ALL were equally vital.

 

[porthos11]

youtube.com/watch?v=gkHsl8hl4yo

Sidenote: I thought all Sacraments were equal. Not sure where I got the idea from but here Cardinal Arinze states above that they are not equal and some are more vital than others. I thought ALL were equally vital.

Well, not all of us will be married, or be ordained to Holy Orders.

All seven sacraments are vital for the Church to survive of course. But not for every living person out there.

The ONE Sacrament that’s necessary for salvation is Baptism.

 

[SAVINGRACE]

Well, not all of us will be married, or be ordained to Holy Orders.

All seven sacraments are vital for the Church to survive of course. But not for every living person out there.

The ONE Sacrament that’s necessary for salvation is Baptism.

Sorry I mistyped, that should read “I thought all Sacraments were equal?”

 

[phil19034]

I recommend reading St. Thomas Aquinas’s *Summa Theologica *on this subject.

newadvent.org/summa/4061.htm#article1

Lots of good stuff in there.

NOTE: it reads like an apologetic article. First are three heretical objections and then St. Thomas’s responses. He starts his response with a general response and then address each of the three objections one-by-on.

God Bless

 

[porthos11]

Sorry I mistyped, that should read “I thought all Sacraments were equal?”

Well, given that the different Sacraments give different effects, they are obviously not equal.

Otherwise, equal in what?
Origin? Yes. They were all instituted by Christ.

That they increase sanctifying grace? Yes, that’s true too.

But do they all provide sanctifying grace where there was none? No. Only two Sacraments do that.

Do all make the Christ present such that you bow down in adoration in the presence of that Sacrament? No. Only one Sacrament does that.

Repeatability? Only four out of the seven.

So equal in what sense?

 

[SAVINGRACE]

Well, given that the different Sacraments give different effects, they are obviously not equal.

Otherwise, equal in what?
Origin? Yes. They were all instituted by Christ.

That they increase sanctifying grace? Yes, that’s true too.

But do they all provide sanctifying grace where there was none? No. Only two Sacraments do that.

Do all make the Christ present such that you bow down in adoration in the presence of that Sacrament? No. Only one Sacrament does that.

Repeatability? Only four out of the seven.

So equal in what sense?

Equal in conferment of “grace”.

 

[SAVINGRACE]

I recommend reading St. Thomas Aquinas’s *Summa Theologica *on this subject.

newadvent.org/summa/4061.htm#article1

Lots of good stuff in there.

NOTE: it reads like an apologetic article. First are three heretical objections and then St. Thomas’s responses. He starts his response with a general response and then address each of the three objections one-by-on.

God Bless

Thank you will read it now.

 

[DeusExMachina]

Baptism and (contrary to the heretics) the Eucharist that give us grace

 

[Usige]

Equal in conferment of “grace”.

Yes, each sacrament confers sanctifying grace, but they confer grace for different purposes. While I can’t say that the graces are inherently different in a supernatural sense, the sacraments were instituted for different purposes. For instance the sacraments of vocation (holy orders and matrimony) are geared towards the salvation of others. They provide grace to help others towards God. If you look at marriage it gives graces to get your spouse to heaven as that is one of the primary missions of our spouses. Those graces are to help the other grow in holiness.

Strictly speaking, none of the sacraments are required in the sense that God is not limited to the sacraments. That being said, baptism is the normal way that we enter into salvific life. If we lose that grace through mortal sin then reconciliation would be the other sacrament we would need. The other 5 sacraments strengthen grace, where the prior two infuse us with grace where it is lacking.

 

[PaulfromIowa]

Baptism is the gateway to the other Sacraments, so the question is: Is Baptism necessary for salvation? That question is answered by Cardinal Arinze in the video and on the Catholic Answers website several times.

 

[Vaseljen]

Without Baptism one cannot enter Heaven, but that does not mean that unbaptized good person will burn in hell.

 

[steido01]

Baptism is the gateway to the other Sacraments, so the question is: Is Baptism necessary for salvation? That question is answered by Cardinal Arinze in the video and on the Catholic Answers website several times.

Precisely. Baptism is necessary, though not absolutely required.

“Baptism now saves you.”

 

[Starwarsfan2]

Yes , sacraments are means of grace.