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To: MindBender26

Presbyterians:
According to a pamphlet produced by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),

“...Mormonism is a new and emerging religious tradition distinct from the historic apostolic tradition of the Christian Church, of which Presbyterians are a part...Latter-day Saints understand themselves to be separate from the continuous witness to Jesus Christ, from the apostles to the present, affirmed by churches of the “catholic” tradition. Latter-day Saints and the historic churches view the canon of scriptures and interpret shared scriptures in radically different ways. They use the same words with dissimilar meanings. When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks of the Trinity, Christ’s death and resurrection, and salvation, the theology and practices related to these set it apart from the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant churches.”

Presbyterians do not recognize the baptism administered to Mormons. A convert must be re-baptized. Similarly Presbyterians do not allow LDS officials to administer the Lord’s Supper.

Here a PDF from the Presbyterians. To to page 2:
http://www.pcusa.org/media/uploads/interfaithrelations/pdf/presbyteriansandlatterdaysaints.pdf


133 posted on 03/21/2011 12:38:12 PM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: Vendome
They use the same words with dissimilar meanings.

Do they EVER!

151 posted on 03/21/2011 2:11:10 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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