On
the Number of the Church Sacraments
The Sacraments of the Church,
according to the Divine Scriptures, are seven in number: 1. The Priesthood, which
is the ministry of all the other Sacraments. 2. Holy Baptism. 3. The Oil of
Unction. 4. The Oblation of the Body and Blood of CHRIST. 5. Absolution. 6. The
Holy Leaven, namely, the king. 7. The sign of the life giving cross. (Mar
O’Dishoo, Metropolitan of Suwa (‘Nisidin) and Armenia, The Book of
Marganitha (The Pearl) On the Truth of Christianity [trans. Mar Eshai
Shimun XXIII, Catholicos Patriarch of the East; Xlibris: 2007], 39)
