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Most Protestants have valid baptism, and can officiate at marriages. That is because these are the two sacraments that do not require a priest. Only Lutherans and Anglicans teach real presence of Christ in the Eucharist so they attempt to also have that, as well as to have priesthood; the Evangelicals would deny any salvific effect of any sacrament, including baptism and the “Lord’s Table”, have no priests, and want no priests. Protestant ordinations and confessions are weak approximations of the Catholic sacraments of the same name; the underlying Protestant theology eviscerated them since in Protestant worldview no human agency has been ordained by Christ.


94 posted on 05/20/2008 10:42:26 PM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex
the Evangelicals would deny any salvific effect of any sacrament, including baptism and the “Lord’s Table”, have no priests, and want no priests. Protestant ordinations and confessions are weak approximations of the Catholic sacraments of the same name;

So in fact, you are moaning because we will not sanction a priesthood, not that we don't attend the sacraments. It is your opinion that our sacraments are invalid because of that lack of priesthood, not that we do not observe the sacraments.

the underlying Protestant theology eviscerated them since in Protestant worldview no human agency has been ordained by Christ.

Indeed, and rightly so. It is not that there is no human agency, It is just a lack of priesthood, as is only proper. The only priesthood recognized by the Father is the Order of Melchizedek, and there is only One Priest of that order, which is the Christ.

98 posted on 05/20/2008 10:56:34 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit.)
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