Lutherans,Baptists and Mormons?

Question

Can some one tell me the beliefs of: Lutherans, Baptists and Mormons?

Answer 1

I will contrast Lutherans and Baptists for you, since I have a background in both; but I will leave Mormonism to someone else, since I am not educated enough about it to be fair.

Lutherans believe that salvation is a sacramental work that God bestows upon a person through His Church.

Baptists believe that salvation is a personal choice in response to hearing the Gospel.

Lutherans believe that baptism and communion, when administered in conjunction with the preaching of the Gospel, actually achieve what they represent. That is to say, baptizing a person actually saves that person; and giving a person communion is actually giving that person Christ's literal body and blood.

Baptists believe that baptism and communion are symbolic acts performed in obedience to God for the edification of the believer, but that they are only external demonstrations of a work of grace that has already taken place in the recipient's heart.

Lutherans officially expect strict submission to the narrowly defined traditional doctrines of the Lutheran Church. However, most Lutherans (especially the Evangelical Lutheran Church) tend to be fairly forgiving if you don't measure up to that.

Baptists also expect a degree of doctrinal submission, but they usually place much more emphasis on personal liberty as long as you stay within certain boundaries. However, if you stray outside of those broad boundaries, you'll find a less forgiving attitude about it.

Lutherans believe that Christ's latter-day reign on earth began with His resurrection, is accomplished through His Church, and will continue until His second coming, at which time all things will be made new.

Baptists believe that Christ's latter-day reign on earth will be a thousand-year period following His second coming, after which all things will be made new.

Another interesting difference that is a shock for many converts to Lutheranism is that moderate consumption of alcohol is acceptable and in some cases even takes place at church functions. Baptists would find this extremely offensive.

Answer 2

Lutherans are people who follow the Protestant Christian denomination of Lutheranism.

Lutheranism describes those churches within Christianity that were reformed according to the theological insights of Martin Luther in the 16th century. Luther's writings are also credited with launching the broader Protestant Reformation. The Lutheran reform of the theology and practice of the Catholic church eventually led to separation from the Roman Catholic tradition. Today nearly seventy million Christians belong to Lutheran churches worldwide; furthermore, many of the four hundred million Protestant Christians can trace their tradition, at least in part, back to Luther's reforming work.

Baptist is a term describing a tradition within Christianity and may also refer to individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. The tradition takes its name from the conviction that followers of Jesus Christ should be immersed in water as a visible and public display of their faith. Baptists do not practice infant baptism.

Organizationally, Baptist churches operate on the Congregational governance system, which gives autonomy to individual local Baptist churches.

According to Latter-day Saint theology, the term "Mormon" refers to a prophet who lived somewhere in the Americas in the 4th century A.D. He is believed to have been called by God to abridge and compile the records of his people and their dealings with God into a single book. His son, Moroni, buried the record, and more than 1400 years later he returned as an angel and led Joseph Smith to the burial place. Smith translated the record into English from a written language called Reformed Egyptian, and it is now recognized as the Book of Mormon.

Answer 3

Mormons believe in the Bible (KJV) as well as the Book of Mormon. We believe that the same priesthood Jesus and His Apostles had was restored in these latter days. We believe in a modern day prophet. We believe in Jesus, the Atonement, Heavenly Father, the Holy Ghost. We believe marriage does not have to be till death do us apart, but that families who are sealed in the temple will be together forever. We believe people who did not receive the full gospel of Jesus will be able to accept in the spirit world (place we go before we are judged) We do not believe in baptizing children under 8, which is the age when they have a clear understanding of right from wrong. We believe so much more go to LDS.org to learn more.

Answer 4

First UNLIKE what elviet88 said, Mormons are not a cult.
The actual name of the church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints(LDS). Since we have the name Jesus Christ in the name of the church, that would tell elviet88 that we do emphasize Jesus Christ and not Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith was a very very important part of the church and still is today, but he is not emphasized over Jesus Christ in any way shape or form. As far as there being no crosses in a LDS church, this is mainly because we don't emphasize Christ's death as much as other church's do. We focus more what he did during his life and that he lives today.

Answer 5

i received't be in a position to respond to all of your questions yet there is one i will SPECULATE on. at the same time as Adam transgressed he had blood. i imagine the blood in elementary words represents death, and the reason Jesus had blood is because he ought to die no longer because he replaced right into a sinner, undergo in recommendations god suggested in case you eat the fruit you'll die. properly, they ate the fruit and the blood represented that they were mortals. for sure blood is a representation of sin and it is also a representation of the atonement. A unmarried image can characterize many factors.

Answer 6

Mormon is actually just a nickname; the name of the church is: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. You can get a really good run-down of our basic beliefs from the official church website, here: http://www.mormon.org/welcome/0,6929,403-1,00.html

I'd suggest just perusing it as you like.

Thanks

Answer 7

For the Mormon perspective, log on to lds.org.

Answer 8

This is what Southern Baptists believe:
http://www.sbc.net/bfm/bfm2000.asp

I would paste it in here, but I didn't want it to be too long. :)

Answer 9

Jesus, that's all you need to be concerned about. Is Jesus and His Word and what He is requiring you to do. Enough with religion, get a relationship with the Father

Answer 10

Lutherans: Saved by faith only; "let us sin, that the grace of Christ may more abundantly be dispersed" (Martin Luther). Follow strictly what is in the Bible, Christ saves whom He chooses that has faith in Him. Baptism not necessary, but a good token to show that you have faith in Christ.

Baptists: Baptism necessary for salvation; one must "accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior", and adhere strictly to the Bible. The Bible is the infallible Word of God, is not prone to human error, and is 100% true about everything it says.

Mormons: This is going to be long....

1. Eternal Progression: "As man is, God once was. As God is, man may become" (Wilford Woodruff, 4th Mormon prophet). God has a wife (several, actually), and Christ had at least 3 wives. Although it is not taught anymore, it used to be taught that the only people who got to the highest level of heaven were those that entered into polygamous marriages.

2. Temple Rituals: In order to get into heaven, you have to be able to pass by the angels who stand as sentinels and give them the key signs and tokens of the Priesthood (secret handshakes, chants, and hand signs). You learn these rituals in the secret Temple ceremony. As evidence that you have been through the Temple, you have to buy secret holy Mormon underwear (sold by the Church, of course) that you must wear your entire life and never go without it, except to swim, bathe, make love, or engage in rigorous physical activity. Before 1990, the Temple rituals included making death penalty oaths where the temple-going mormon would suffer to die a violent death if he/she ever revealed the Temple rituals to an uninitiated person.

3. Trinity is 3 distinct persons (they call it the "Godhead"). Christ is not God, but He is the Son of God and is "a God". Likewise, the Holy Ghost is also "a God". Christ suffered for our sins not on the cross, but in Gethsemane the night before the Crucifixion. He died on the cross simply to overcome death. The sins, however, were overcome in the garden.

4. The ***** race is "not equal to other races in terms of the blessings of God". Previously, blacks were not allowed to hold the Priesthood or participate in the Temple rituals, because "black skin and a flat nose" is the curse of Cain, and if you had so much as a drop of "black blood", you were unworthy to hold the Priesthood.

5. Pre-Existence: Before coming to Earth, everyone lived as spirits with God. Jesus (Jehovah) and Satan (Lucifer) were both our brothers. Lucifer rebelled and took 1/3 of the spirits with him to be his demon angels, while the rest of us followed Jesus. Some of the spirits who followed Jesus, however, were just "marginal followers", and were "lukewarm". In other words, they just "went along with the crowd" in following Jesus. They weren't cast out of heaven like Lucifer and his angels, but instead were born on Earth with black bodies. This is also why the black race is seen as inferior.

6. Blood Atonement (not officially taught as doctrine anymore, although it was for over 100 years): There are some sins (murder, rape, adultery) that Christ's atoning blood doesn't cover. The perpetrator must shed his own blood as a means of making "restitution" for the sin that has been committed. Utah and Idaho (with heavy Mormon populations) are two of the last states to still allow execution by firing squad, because it's the only way the sinner's blood can be shed.

7. Prophets and Apostles: Joseph Smith "saw God", and "did more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of mankind than any other man who ever lived"; thus, we have to accept him as God's great prophet to get into heaven. His successors are also called prophets, and there are also 12 "apostles" called at any given time. These people supposedly receive visions and revelations.

8. Women are to "hearken unto their husbands" and can only go to heaven if their husbands are worthy to enter in. The husband will supposedly resurrect the wife, and if the husband is unworthy to do it, the wife doesn't resurrect. That doctrine was also later changed, although women are still subservient to their husbands.

9. The Book of Mormon, "translated" by Joseph Smith, is "more correct than any other book", including the Bible, and is their #1 reference for scripture. The book teaches that the Native Americans descend from Jews and that Jesus came to America after His resurrection to teach the Indians.

There is a lot more. I didn't talk about the Lutherans and Baptists in as great of detail because most of what they believe is straight from the Bible. I only talked about Mormonism because their stuff goes way beyond the Bible.