"Fairer is He than Baldur the Beautiful, greater than Odin the
Wise, kinder than Freya the Good. Since He has come the sacrifice ended. The dark, Thor, on
whom you have vainly called, is dead. Deep in shades of Niffelheim he is lost forever. And now
on this Christ-night you shall begin to live."
-St. Boniface
Original Poster: @reformed.presby on Instagram
Wise, kinder than Freya the Good. Since He has come the sacrifice ended. The dark, Thor, on
whom you have vainly called, is dead. Deep in shades of Niffelheim he is lost forever. And now
on this Christ-night you shall begin to live."
-St. Boniface
Original Poster: @reformed.presby on Instagram
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If early church fathers like Augustine were alive today, to which church body would they most likely belong?
Anonymous Poll
11%
Eastern Orthodoxy
14%
Roman Catholicism
43%
Confessional Lutheran
8%
Anglican / Episcopalian
16%
Reformed / Presbyterian
1%
Methodist / Wesleyan
4%
Baptist / Nondenominational
4%
Pentecostal / Charismatic
The Ausburg Confession, Article IV (Of Justification):
Also they teach that men cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works, but are freely justified for Christโs sake, through faith, when they believe that they are received into favor, and that their sins are forgiven for Christโs sake, who, by His death, has made satisfaction for our sins. This faith God imputes for righteousness in His sight. Rom. 3 and 4.
Also they teach that men cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works, but are freely justified for Christโs sake, through faith, when they believe that they are received into favor, and that their sins are forgiven for Christโs sake, who, by His death, has made satisfaction for our sins. This faith God imputes for righteousness in His sight. Rom. 3 and 4.
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A blessed All Saints Day! The Collect:
Almighty God, who hath knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
https://youtu.be/_BjxfCCcCe0?si=6HavZCEKCRgAEFkb
Almighty God, who hath knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
https://youtu.be/_BjxfCCcCe0?si=6HavZCEKCRgAEFkb
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For all the saints (Sine Nomine)
"For all the saints" (Sine Nomine) sung in procession on All Saints' Day. (It is sung in two parts here, verses 1-4 before a station at the font, and vv. 5-8 after.)
1. For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessedโฆ
1. For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessedโฆ
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Read the article: How to Survive in Leftist- Controlled Institutions
https://protestantpost.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-in-leftist-controlled
https://protestantpost.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-in-leftist-controlled
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Forwarded from ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (Minen Werfer)
463 years ago today Guido de Bres threw his Reformed confession of faith (The Belgic Confession) over the castle wall in Tournai for the governor to find. Five and a half years later he was killed as a martyr for his faith.
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Baptism is not only a sign and seal; it is also a means of grace, because in it the blessings which it signifies are conveyed, and the promises of which is its the seal, are assured or fulfilled to those who are baptized, provided they believe.... Unless the recipient of this sacrament be insincere, baptism is an act of faith, it is an act in which and by which he receives and appropriates the offered benefits of the redemption of Christ. And, therefore, to baptism may be properly attributed all that in the Scriptures is attributed to faith. Baptism washes away sin (Acs 22:16); it unites to Christ and makes us the sons of God (Gal. 3:26-27); we are therein buried with Christ (Rom. 6:3); it is the washing of regeneration (Titus 3:5).
-- Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, 3.20.12
-- Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, 3.20.12
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Some "Calvinists":
> I believe in TULIP -- God is completely sovereign and saves how and whom he will!
So, is God sovreign enough to save by water, wine, bread, and absolution?
> Noooooo that's PaPiSm! That's hErEsY!
That's what John Calvin believed.
> Well John Calvin doesn't sound like a real Calvinist to me.
Yeah, or maybe you're not a real Calvinist.
> I believe in TULIP -- God is completely sovereign and saves how and whom he will!
So, is God sovreign enough to save by water, wine, bread, and absolution?
> Noooooo that's PaPiSm! That's hErEsY!
That's what John Calvin believed.
> Well John Calvin doesn't sound like a real Calvinist to me.
Yeah, or maybe you're not a real Calvinist.
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But the holy scripture teaches that we are washed clean from our sins by baptism; for baptism is a sign, a testimony and sealing, of our cleansing. For God truly has promised sanctification to his church, and for his truth's sake, he purifies his church from all sins by his grace through the blood of his Son, and he regenerates and cleanses it by his Spirit; this cleansing is sealed in us by baptism, which we receive.
-- Heinrich Bullinger, Decades, 5.8
-- Heinrich Bullinger, Decades, 5.8
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