#12337 Proving Every Catholic Sacrament from the Bible – Part 1 - Karlo Broussard
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🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Are Sacraments Biblical?” This episode tackles the claim that the Catholic Church’s seven sacraments lack biblical support, addressing foundational questions about God’s grace through outward signs. Discover the scriptural basis for baptism’s saving power, the distinct nature of Confirmation, and the authority behind Confession, all rooted in Scripture.
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Questions Covered:
- 07:00 – Some Christians claim the Catholic Church’s seven sacraments aren’t in the Bible at all. How do you respond to that broad objection?
- 17:00 – Let’s start at the foundation — where in Scripture do we see the idea that God communicates grace through outward signs?
- 23:40 – Baptism is accepted by most Christians, but Catholics see it as more than a symbol. What’s the biblical evidence for baptism actually saving us?
- 42:28 – Many people say Confirmation is just a Catholic “add-on.” What are the scriptural roots for a sacrament distinct from baptism?
- 06:23 – When it comes to the Eucharist, the biblical debate can get intense. How do you show from Scripture that Jesus meant His words—“This is my body”—literally?
- 16:50 – But what about when Jesus says, “Do this in remembrance of me”? Doesn’t that prove that the Eucharist merely a meal in which we recollect on the tings that Jesus did?
- 29:20 – Confession to a priest is one of the hardest for non-Catholics to accept. Where does the Bible show that God gave men the authority to forgive sins?
- 32:50 – Anointing of the Sick is sometimes seen as “Last Rites” only. How do the Scriptures present this sacrament, and does it match Catholic practice?
- 41:42 – Marriage as a sacrament—some say the Bible just sees it as a natural institution. How do you show from Scripture that it’s a channel of grace?
- 48:10 – Holy Orders—where in the Bible do we see a distinct, ordained priesthood in the New Covenant?
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| 0:56.5 | We will reward your coming here to be with us because, look, we've got a great discussion about the sacraments today. |
| 1:04.7 | We're going to have a great discussion about the sacraments. And if you're not a Catholic, this might be a particularly helpful discussion to you. Because in a |
| 1:13.0 | theoretical sense, when we think about the divide between, say, the Orthodox and the Catholics from |
| 1:20.7 | the Protestants, in a kind of theoretical sense, we think of the solas, you know, the solar |
| 1:25.8 | scripture and the sola Fide and all that. But in a practical sense, like on an everyday experiential sense, |
| 1:33.3 | I would submit to you that the way we experience the difference is that some people go to |
| 1:40.8 | church and they celebrate the sacraments and they see the sacraments as the essential |
| 1:45.9 | way of celebrating their faith, and some have maybe just one or two of the sacraments. |
| 1:51.9 | Maybe they don't think of the sacraments at all, so they don't have the same sacramental kind |
| 1:57.8 | of experience of church. |
| 1:59.4 | So worship is different. |
| 2:02.4 | There's sacramental worship, |
| 2:08.0 | and then there's a kind of non-liturgical, non-sacramental worship. And of course, across Christianity, |
| 2:12.1 | there's probably every gradation in there. But I'm just saying on the experiential level, |
| 2:18.5 | not the theoretical level, not the level of the confession of the faith, but of the living of the faith, |
| 2:22.9 | probably what divides us experientially is the sacraments. |
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