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Must-See Links for a beginning point and over view of Various Religions and
Denominations. How does YOUR Doctrine stand up - Do you have one?

COMPARATIVE DENOMINATIONS CHART:
The following chart compares the similarities and differences between the beliefs,
doctrine and theology of major Christian denominations. Please note that the brief
summaries and excerpts provided here do not reflect all individuals or churches in each
denomination, but they are believed to represent the majority view and taken from
official statements where available.

Link -->> Comparison Chart of Beliefs of Christian Denominations - ReligionFacts

* One could add the SACRAMENTS or ORDINANCES of each religion

* Other Denominations - might add, SDA, CoC and etc.

 

[princessbella]

quote=Scotth1960;493482]Dear Megatron, The majority of Christians say so. The majority of Christians do agree with 99 percent of the Nicene Creed. The only difference is over the Filioque clause. The minority of Christians are Protestant. And it is the Protestants only that are a very very long line of denomations. The EOC is the Church Christ founded, not a man-made denomination.
Megatron is an inane name from mere entertainment. I watched the Transformers movie, but I don't use it as a source of identification nor part of my belief. It's just a pastime. I understand many people want to remain anonymous, but I think since this is a Christian forum, one should either use one's own name or a name based on Christian theology. Not something from secular culture. There is nothing wrong with being like a child again, and watching cartoons. But as adults, we don't take them seriously. If you expect people to take you seriously, you should use your own given birth name, or Christian name, and not use something so strange as "Megatron". Christians aren't robots! In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington

scotth why are you being insulting , id rather have a real childlike relationship with god not based on some creed , people can choose whatever name they want in here, not what you decide they should have as long as its not crude...A robot would be to beleive and recite the creed without having a real relationshi with god and just beleive it cos were told we shoud. all i need to know is that God loves me , he died on the cross to save my sins.. i do not need to go by some man made creed... id like to know where your stats that 99% of chiristians go by it come from

princessbella, aka pinkninja princess

 

[Digital_Angel_316]

Originally Posted by jonathanbchristian
I went to a Holiness Bible College and have spent years as a Pentecostal Holiness believer. Here is little of
what we were taught in Bible College. I quote one of my textbooks:

We do not believe in sanctification, as some say, as a 2nd definite work of grace, which follows salvation
(1st work of God's grace). We believe in sanctification as a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. work of God's grace
without end until we get to heaven. A continuous work of grace!
From Pentecostal Catechism by Rev. Warren D. Combs

Pentecostal Assemblies Of God
Of America

Statement Of Faith



1. In the verbal inspiration and inerrancy of the Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments.


2. Our God is a trinity in unity, manifested in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.


3. In the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death on the cross, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.


4. That regeneration (the New Birth) by the Holy Ghost for the salvation of lost and sinful mankind, through personal faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, is absolutely essential.


5. In a life of holiness, without which no man can see the Lord, through sanctification as a definite, yet progressive, work of grace.


6. In the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, received subsequent to the new birth, with speaking in other tongues, as the Spirit gives the utterance, as the initial physical sign and evidence.


7. In water baptism by immersion for believers only, which is a direct commandment of our Lord, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son (the Lord Jesus Christ), and of the Holy Spirit.


8. In the Lord's supper and washing of the Saint's feet.


9. That divine healing is provided for in the atonement, and is available to all who truly believe.


10. In the Pre-millennial second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ; First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to meet him in the air (the Rapture); and, Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.


11. In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.


12. PAGA is willing to fellowship all sound Christian believers who are contending for the love of God, and the principles of Christ as revealed in the Holy Bible. However, we cannot and will not endorse or approve radical teachings which gender strife and tend to divide the body of Christ. We firmly stand against and denounce homosexuality, adultery, sexual perversion, scientific interference with natural human progeny, same-sex marriages, pornography, gambling, drug use and partaking of intoxicants, physical abuse, Satanism, or divination in any form. No PAGA minister or affiliate shall be required, but rather prohibited from compromising these principles of faith.


13. In all other teachings, doctrines, principles and standards in the Holy Bible, as interpreted by the Pentecostal Assemblies of God of America.