CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS Holy Cross Lutheran Church Pastor Sattler www.hclc.info/denominations The point of this discussion is not to CORRECT someone, but to CONNECT with someone!
APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. All Christians agree! And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. Who doesn't agree? Jehovah s Witness Mormon And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. Is there anything missing?
APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, LIVED A PERFECT & HOLY LIFE IN OUR PLACE! suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Christian Church, Is there anything missing?
APOSTLES CREED I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. What else doesn t it say?
3 BASES FOR CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE Roman Catholic Bible + Tradition, Papal Decrees Protestant (Reformed & Arminian) Bible + Reason, Experience Lutheran Bible
DOCTRINAL EXTREMES Reformed WE are the Authority Roman Catholic Church IS the Authority Lutheran Scripture IS the Authority
HERESY VS HETERODOXY Heresy - Denial of basic truths: Trinity, Divinity of Jesus, Salvation by Grace. Heterodoxy - Difference in nuances of faith. Different understanding of Scripture, but saved.
ROMAN CATHOLIC Doctrines based on: Bible + Popes, Councils, Traditions Pope = Vicar of Christ on Earth (continuing revelation) Stuff Added
ROMAN CATHOLIC - STUFF ADDED 310 431 528 538 788 795 933 998 1009 1022 1090 Christmas is December 25 Worship of Mary Extreme Unction Mass Said Facing East Relics Incense Prayer to Saints Fish on Friday Holy Water Penance Rosary 1123 1160 1215 1215 1230 1414 1438 1546 1845 1870 Priest Celibacy Canonization of Saints Mass is a Re-sacrifice Transubstantiation Ringing of the Bell Laity Denied the Cup Purgatory Apocryphal Books Added to the Bible Immaculate Conception of Mary Infallibility of the Pope
Luther s Main Issues 1. Indulgences (Selling Forgiveness) 2. Works vs. Faith 3. Word of God is ultimate authority - Scripture Alone! 4. Power of the Pope See Augsburg Confession, Smalcald Articles, Small Catechism
Protestant (Reformed & Arminian) Reformation AFTER the Reformation Reformed John Calvin (1509-1564) Sovereignty of God, predestination, total depravity of man, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grab, perseverance of the saints Arminian Jacob Arminius (1560-1609) Conditional election based on God s foreknowledge, man s free will to cooperate with God, universal atonement, resistible grace, salvation can be lost
Protestant (Reformed & Arminian) Reformation AFTER the Reformation Arminian Reformed Jacob Arminius John Calvin Huldrych (Ulrich) (1560-1609) (1509-1564) (Philip) Zwingli Sovereignty of God, Conditional election (1484 1531) predestination, total based on God s Switzerland foreknowledge, man s depravity of man, unconditional election, free will to cooperate with God, universal limited atonement, atonement, resistible irresistible grab, perseverance of the grace, salvation can be lost saints
Protestant (Reformed & Arminian) Reformed Sovereignty of God, predestination, total depravity of man, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grab, perseverance of the saints Presbyterians Reformed Baptists Reformed Church United Church of Christ Protestant Reformed Churches in America
Protestant (Reformed & Arminian) Arminian Conditional election based on God s foreknowledge, man s free will to cooperate with God, universal atonement, resistible grace, salvation can be lost Methodists Free Will Baptists Christian Churches Baptists
Reformed (Calvinism) Presbyterians Reformed Baptists Reformed Church United Church of Christ Protestant Reformed Churches in America Predestination Sovereignty of God God has a plan God has preordained some to go to heaven, and some to go to hell. Scripture is a metaphor Communion is symbolic
Arminian (Jacob Arminius) Methodists (John & Charles Wesley) Free Will Baptists Christian Churches Baptists The goal is to lead ordered, disciplined lives that lead to perfection. Non-conformists - all links with Catholicism were cut. Simple worship: No statues. No liturgy. Believers Baptism by immersion Communion symbolic. Social Reforms
Words to watch for (Reformed) Sovereign God has a Plan Obedience Ordinance Decide Once saved, always saved. Feel it / Evidence What it means