In this study Jean Borella responds to the contrasting views of Michael Valsan and Marco Pallis on the question of the initiatic or esoteric nature of Christianity. Valsan, following Guénon, argued that Christianity had “two lines of transmission of spiritual influences, one purely initiatic [esoteric], the other simply religious [exoteric]”, both of which “go back to the same source, and that the ordinary [exoteric] sacraments, in their sacred institution, have been somehow modeled on the form of the original rites which were purely initiatic by nature and which have remained such, but in a strictly esoteric order.” Pallis, following Schuon, argued that Christianity had abolished “the separation … between esoterism and exoterism” at the time of the crucifixion when the veil separating the inner and outer precincts of the Jewish temple was torn. Pallis claimed that the Christian sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist are fully initiatic and that Christianity thus has a “mixed” eso-exoteric structure, unlike other religions such as Judaism and Islam, which maintain a strict demarcation between the esoteric and exoteric domains.