Protestants, what are the Sacred Traditions followed by your Church?

Question

Oregon Flower,

Oh, I see. then you do not believe in the Bible or the Church. Certainly you would not believe in the two natures of Christ , fully divine and fully human. The Trinity would of course be a foreign concept to you as would the concept of worship. You say Jesus only but have no basis for belief which I guess means that each person created their own caricature of what Jesus is to them and praises each others carnal concept of Jesus and his purpose. The only authority you would have from your definition is your own imagination. Is that about right about your faith? May the Lord have mercy.

St. Preachy,

LOL! So everything that St. Paul ever taught is contained in his writings? That is an absolutely ridiculous assumption and I might add unbiblical.

Answer 1

At first I would have said we are not very tradition oriented but there are some things that fit I suppose.

1) Salvation
2) Baptism
3) Communion
4) Foot washing
5) I suppose even marriage would fit.


I really think the above would probably be the things we consider sacred, although I don't normally think of them in the terms of sacred but more as important.


Maria - mind showing me the verse where Jesus raised marriage to a sacrament? I admit to not knowing any verse that says that and I read my Bible daily. In addition to teaching at my church.

Answer 2

The same ones that Paul talked about in passages like second Thessalonians 2:15 "So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us." Of course, if you read the context of this letter, it turns out that the traditions that Paul is talking about are nothing more than the gospel of Christ. In short, there is no difference between Paul's oral and written tradition. That isn't to say that everyone always gets it right, but we hold fast to the gospel, which is what Paul had in mind. Oh, and the idea that the bible doesn't teach us that we are to worship Jesus is absurd. When Jesus was thwarting Satan during the temptation, he said "You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve." Jesus makes several blunt claims to deity in the New Testament and he accepts worship from people on a few different occasions. I think the worship of Jesus is well established in scripture.

Edit: Prove that Paul himself taught something essential that we don't have in scripture. I'm waiting.........

Still waiting.........

Tom Petty was right....the waiting is the hardest part.........


I didn't think so.

Answer 3

Traditions that are in settlement with Scrpiture are suitable. Traditions that are in confrontation with Scripture could be rejected becasue those early church fathers have been adult adult males who have been able to blunders. They have been "not" inspired with the help of God as have been the Scripture writers. 2 Peter a million:21 (NIV) 21 For prophecy never had its beginning place interior the will of guy, yet adult adult males spoke from God as they have been carried alongside with the help of the Holy Spirit. This verse facilitates us to understand that even nonetheless God used adult adult males with their different personalities and writing types, God divinely inspired the very words they wrote. Jesus Himself shown the verbal plenary concept of the Scriptures whilst He suggested, “do not think of that I even have come to abolish the regulation or the Prophets; I even have not come to abolish them yet to fulfill them. I enable you to already know the actuality, until eventually heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will with the help of any skill disappear from the regulation...” (Matthew 5:17-18). In those verses, Jesus is reinforcing the accuracy of the Scriptures all the way down to the smallest ingredient and the slightest punctuation mark, because of the fact it somewhat is the very be responsive to God.

Answer 4

You got it right when you told Oregon that. They say they follow no Traditions, no man, no blah blah blah, but the truth be told, that is EXACTLY why there are 20,000+ denominations AND 'non-denominational' sects. Each with their own interpretation.

That is NOT what Christ established, and they will find that out someday.

Answer 5

I can't believe no one is mentioning the "altar call". In many traditions, including Baptist (with which I'm very familiar), that's the high point of the worship service!

Answer 6

I'm Catholic but I'll tell you one.

The Bible never anywhere says we're supposed to worship Christ. It says that he and the Father are one but there is no direct quote that says that we're supposed to worship him. That comes from reading between the lines which Protestants don't seem to understand.

Answer 7

edge said marriage he supposes. Doesnt he know Jesus raised marriage up to be a sacrament? does he not read the bible? oh dear!!!!!!!!

Answer 8

Baptism and Communion..

Answer 9

We run up and down the isles at Church then fall on the floor spin around then flap like a flounder we then have communion with saltines and coke

Answer 10

The fellowship I attend has only one "tradition," dear one. And that is Jesus. We are non-denominational and do not follow church traditions or dogma.

God bless!