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To: Luircin; Albion Wilde

Marriage in the Catholic or Orthodox Church is a sacrament because the spouses form Church Domestic and become vehicle of grace for each other and their children, leading each other to salvation in the Church.

In a Protestant setting I don’t know what is. Logically, Baptism and Marriage should be the only two Protestant sacraments since they do not absolutely require a priest, and indeed most Protestant baptisms are valid, and so are Protestant marriages unless a Catholic is involved.


45 posted on 08/16/2012 5:23:48 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex
Logically, Baptism and Marriage should be the only two Protestant sacraments since they do not absolutely require a priest,

In reformed/prebyterian theology, the two sacraments are baptism and the Lord's Supper. Baptists don't have any sacraments. Marriage would be considered an ordinance. Thus while a presbyterian could have a lawful marriage not performed by an ordained man, only one lawfully ordained can administer the Lord's supper or baptize a child or adult.

47 posted on 08/16/2012 6:30:44 PM PDT by PAR35
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