长老宗与浸信宗:婴儿洗礼、长老与会众之比较

  • 长老会为信徒及其婴儿施洗,通常采用注水礼或洒水礼;浸信会仅为宣信者施洗,且仅采用浸水礼。
  • 长老会由连接的法庭(堂会、区会、总会)中的长老治理;每个浸信会会众实行自治,大会对其无管辖权。
  • 长老会的信仰告白是加尔文主义(归正宗)的:美国长老会(PCA)持守《威斯敏斯特信条》,美国长老会(PCUSA)将其作为《信仰告白书》中十二份文件之一。浸信会的立场从加尔文主义(1689年《伦敦浸信会信仰告白》)到阿民念主义(自由意志浸信会)不等,美南浸信会的告白介于两者之间。
  • 美南浸信会的告白将信徒的浸水礼作为会籍和领受圣餐的条件;在实践中,大多数美南浸信会教会邀请所有信徒参加。PCUSA邀请所有受洗者领受圣餐,并承认浸信会的洗礼。
  • 女性牧师在各宗派内部存在分歧:PCUSA按立女性,而PCA则不然;美国浸信会按立女性,而美南浸信会则不然。

Presbyterians and Baptists are Protestants who share most of their beliefs, and many on both sides are Calvinists. They part over baptism and church government. Presbyterians baptize believers and their infant children, usually by pouring or sprinkling, and are governed by elders in connected courts. Baptists baptize only people who profess faith, by immersion, and each congregation governs itself. Both confess the Trinity, the full authority of the Bible and salvation by grace through faith in Christ. Neither name is…

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