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Although some non-Orthodox Christians level the charge that the Sacraments other than [[Baptism]] and [[Eucharist]] are not Biblically based, but rather human traditions, this is not so. The Sacrament of Chrismation can be observed in the New Testament.
The [[Acts|Acts of the Apostles]] show us that a sort of Confirmation was going on even in the early Church. As the Christian community expanded both numerically and geographically into many locations both within and outside of the Jewish world, the Apostles were soon not the only ones preaching the Gospel and Baptizing people into Christ.
St. [[Apostle Paul|Paul]]'s work in Ephesus is recounted in Acts 19.1-12. Here we see that some who had been baptized with the “Baptism of [[John the Baptist|John (the Baptist)]]�? were eager to accept Christ.