Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: well!dhawk@lll-crg.llnl.gov (David Hawkins) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Sacraments (was: Who do you say Christ is?) Message-ID: Date: 20 Sep 89 07:34:54 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 21 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu nlt@romeo.cs.duke.edu (N. L. Tinkham) writes: >Most Protestant denominations, of course, either classify only the first two >as sacraments or reject the concept of "sacrament" altogether. (As I write, >I am remembering that many denominations which consider baptism and the >eucharist to be sacraments do perform marriages and ordinations but do not Speaking as a Southern Baptist, we have two 'ordinances' -- baptism (surprise!) and the Lord's Supper. While it is common to refer them as sacraments at church, our theological background thinks of them as practices that Jesus commanded, but they do not bestow grace. By the way, that's why the table at the front of a S.B. church is a 'communion table' -- it would be an altar if an actual sacrifice took place. (Or am I getting into a different issue?) ;-) later, david -- David Hawkins - dhawk@well.sf.ca.us - {apple,pacbell,hplabs,ucbvax}!well!dhawk + "Who sees all beings in his own Self, and his own Self in all beings, + loses all fear." -- Isa Upanishad