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Why do most protestants accept only two ordinances instead of observing seven sacraments?
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∙ 13y ago
There are only two which they believe are Biblical, namely Baptism and the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion. These are the only two which they believe meet the criteria for recognition as a sacrament.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe European reformation of the 15th and 16th centuries, which resulted in widespread splits in Western Christianity, included a strong presumption that the tests of "orthodoxy" and the place to find the "true church" were to be found in The Bible. The sacraments that were "true" were the ones that Jesus participated in his earthly life. All four gospels present Jesus as participating in baptism [by John the Baptist] and in the Last Supper before his crucifixion. Therefore, most protestant churches came to adhere to only two sacraments: baptism and the Lord's Supper or Eucharist.
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∙ 12y agoThe Protestant Church acknowledges only two sacraments because one of its key qualifications for a sacrament is that a sacrament must have been directly instituted by Jesus Christ Himself (see, for example, the Belgic Confession, article 33; the Heidelberg Catechism, question 66; the Westminster Confession of Faith, ch. 27). According to the New Testament, Jesus only instituted two sacraments: baptism (in Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:16) and the Lord's Supper or the Eucharist (in Matt. 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:14-20; 1 Cor. 11:20-34). The rest of the New Testament bears out that the early church observed these two rites as sacraments (Acts 2:37-38,42,46; Rom. 6:3-4; 1 Cor. 10:16-22; Col. 2:11-12). Historically, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Ulrich Zwingli were among the first reformers to reject the other five sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church (confirmation, penance, extreme unction, holy orders, and matrimony).
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Why is it better to have 7 sacraments like the Catholics instead of 2 sacraments like the protestant?
Roman Catholic AnswerBecause seven is the number of sacraments that God has established, and it is always better to follow what God decides than what men decide.
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There are only two sacraments of service in the Catholic Church. Modern catechists commonly refer to Holy Orders and Matrimony as sacraments of service, although please note that this term is not used in the Catechism, instead the Catechism refers to these as sacraments directed toward the salvation of others.
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Atomic particles are too small to be easily observed directly.
Is constitution that some puritan colonists wrote to govern themselves was the?
it guaranteed religious freedom for all protestants not just puritans and granted the vote based on property ownership instead of church membership.
What is law of Moses?
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