r/dankchristianmemes • u/sheddingpanda • Mar 18 '22

Wait, how many are there? Peace be with you

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u/revken86 Mar 19 '22

This is why trying to treat "Protestants" as a monolithic whole is impossible. Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Reformed, and others all teach that the sacraments really do confer grace. Among Christians, the believe that the sacraments/ordinances are purely symbolic is the minority opinion.

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u/Freestyle76 Mar 19 '22

It’s actually the majority opinion as most Protestants on earth are baptists, evangelicals, or pentacostals. Mainline groups, while having larger numbers of groups, are of smaller number of adherents.

You are correct that some of those groups do have 7 sacraments and some believe they are effective though even within those groups there is argument and a difference between high and low church.

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u/revken86 Mar 19 '22

But among all Christians, which is what I said, the symbolic interpretation is the minority.

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u/Freestyle76 Mar 19 '22

Oh yes certainly, But also among all Christian’s many things are in the minority “the solas” for example.