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St. Marina
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Beliefs on file1040 positions
Statement of faithNot on file
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Showing 89 of 1040 positions across 18 topics. Expand any topic to see the rest.
God & the Trinity55 positions
- Analogical LanguageStrongly affirmsTradition defaultHuman language about God is analogical: true but never capturing God univocally as it captures creatures.Estimated, not verified
- Apophatic PriorityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultWhat God is in himself is ultimately beyond human comprehension, so negative ("God is not...") statements are more reliable than positive ones.Estimated, not verified
Christ70 positions
- Assumed Fallen Human NatureStrongly rejectsTradition defaultChrist assumed a fully fallen human nature (subject to the effects of the Fall) in order to heal it from within.Estimated, not verified
- Assumed Unfallen Human NatureStrongly affirmsTradition defaultChrist assumed an unfallen, sinless human nature, untouched by original sin/corruption.Estimated, not verified
Sin & the fall54 positions
- Adams Sin Brought Physical DeathAffirmsTradition defaultPhysical death entered the human race as a consequence of Adam's sin; humans were not originally subject to death.Estimated, not verified
- All Sin Deserves Death EquallyRejectsTradition defaultEvery sin, however small, deserves God's condemnation/death: there is no class of sin that does not by nature merit it.Estimated, not verified
Salvation65 positions
- Assurance Of Salvation PossibleRejectsTradition defaultA believer can have a settled present assurance that they are saved.Estimated, not verified
- Atonement Heals Human Nature TheosisStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe atonement's deepest purpose is to heal and divinize human nature (joining humanity to God), more than to settle a legal account.Estimated, not verified
The Holy Spirit55 positions
- Anointing For Special MinistryAffirmsTradition defaultThe Spirit grants a special "anointing" empowering particular individuals for ministry beyond the common indwelling.Estimated, not verified
- Assurance Is Normal For BelieversRejectsTradition defaultSettled assurance of salvation is normal and to be expected for genuine believers in this life.Estimated, not verified
The Church75 positions
- Apostolic Succession Required For Valid MinistryStrongly affirmsTradition defaultA minister's ordination is only VALID if conferred by a bishop standing in apostolic succession.Estimated, not verified
- Apostolicity Is Doctrinal Not SuccessionalStrongly rejectsTradition defaultApostolicity consists primarily in fidelity to apostolic DOCTRINE, not in an unbroken chain of ordinations from the apostles.Estimated, not verified
Sacraments & ordinances73 positions
- Anointing For Healing PracticeStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe church should anoint the sick with oil and pray over them for healing (per James 5).Estimated, not verified
- Anointing Sick Is A SacramentStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAnointing of the sick with oil is a sacrament conveying grace, healing, and forgiveness to the seriously ill.Estimated, not verified
Worship & liturgy65 positions
- Altar Call InvitationStrongly rejectsTradition defaultA public invitation/altar call inviting people to come forward to receive Christ or rededicate is a fitting close to worship.Estimated, not verified
- Altar Oriented ArchitectureStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe worship space should be ordered around an altar/holy table as its visual and theological focus.Estimated, not verified
Last things43 positions
- A Literal Mark Of The Beast Is ComingAffirmsTradition defaultA literal future "mark of the beast" will be imposed as a condition of economic participation.Estimated, not verified
- Apocalyptic Prophecy Read Literally FuturisticallyRejectsTradition defaultThe prophecies of Daniel and Revelation should be read primarily as literal predictions of still-future events.Estimated, not verified
Scripture57 positions
- Authority Creeds SubordinateRejectsTradition defaultThe ecumenical creeds and confessions are authoritative only insofar as they faithfully summarize Scripture.Estimated, not verified
- Authority Holy Tradition OrthodoxStrongly affirmsTradition defaultScripture is rightly read only within Holy Tradition: the Fathers, councils, liturgy, and consensus of the Church.Estimated, not verified
Revelation, creation & science33 positions
- Adam Special Creation From DustStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe first human was specially and directly created by God from the dust, not biologically descended from earlier hominins.Estimated, not verified
- Angels Created BeingsStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAngels and other spiritual beings are part of God's created order, made by God.Estimated, not verified
Life & bioethics67 positions
- Abortifacient Contraception WrongStrongly affirmsTradition defaultMethods that can prevent implantation of an already-fertilized embryo (e.g., certain IUDs, emergency contraception) are morally equivalent to early abortion and impermissible.Estimated, not verified
- Abortion Gravely Wrong In PrincipleStrongly affirmsTradition defaultDeliberately ending a pregnancy by killing the unborn is in itself a grave moral wrong.Estimated, not verified
Sexuality & marriage53 positions
- Abortifacient Contraception WrongStrongly affirmsTradition defaultContraceptive methods that may act after fertilization (potential abortifacients) are morally wrong even if other contraception is permitted.Estimated, not verified
- Annulment Recognizes Invalid MarriageAffirmsTradition defaultSome unions that appeared to be marriages were never valid marriages, and the church can rightly declare them null (annulment).Estimated, not verified
Society & politics55 positions
- Active Nonviolent Resistance ObligatoryAffirmsTradition defaultChristians should actively resist injustice through nonviolent means (protest, civil disobedience, noncooperation), not merely abstain from violence.Estimated, not verified
- Almsgiving Is A Binding ObligationStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGiving to the poor is a binding moral obligation, not optional charity, and to withhold from the needy is a sin.Estimated, not verified
Angelology Demonology58 positions
- Angelic Fall Caused By PrideStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe angels fell primarily through pride: refusing subjection to God / seeking to exalt themselves.Estimated, not verified
- Angelic Fall Predates Human FallAffirmsTradition defaultThe angelic rebellion occurred before the fall of humanity, and the serpent's temptation issued from an already-fallen angel.Estimated, not verified
Anthropology55 positions
- Body Essential To PersonStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe body is essential to being a complete human person, not an accidental or dispensable container for the soul.Estimated, not verified
- Body GoodStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe material human body is intrinsically good as created by God.Estimated, not verified
- Body Resurrection ContinuityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe resurrection body will be materially/physically continuous in some real way with the present body.Estimated, not verified
- Celibacy HonoredStrongly affirmsTradition defaultLifelong celibacy is a fully honorable and complete form of Christian human flourishing, not a deficient state.Estimated, not verified
- Concupiscence Is SinRejectsTradition defaultDisordered desire (concupiscence) that remains in the baptized/regenerate is itself truly sin, not merely a tendency toward sin.Estimated, not verified
- Constitution DichotomyAffirmsTradition defaultA human being is constituted of two distinct elements, a material body and an immaterial soul.Estimated, not verified
- Cultural MandateStrongly affirmsTradition defaultHumanity is commissioned to develop and steward creation's potential (the "cultural mandate") as part of its God-given purpose.Estimated, not verified
- Deification TelosStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe ultimate destiny of the human person is to share in the divine nature (deification/theosis).Estimated, not verified
- Dignity Independent Of FunctionStrongly affirmsTradition defaultHuman dignity does not depend on possessing or exercising any particular capacity (such as rationality or productivity).Estimated, not verified
- Disability Full ImageStrongly affirmsTradition defaultPersons with severe cognitive or physical disabilities bear the full image of God and possess full personhood.Estimated, not verified
- Dominion Stewardship Not ExploitStrongly affirmsTradition defaultHuman dominion over creation is a stewardship of care, not a license to exploit.Estimated, not verified
- End Of Life Persisting DignityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultA dying, comatose, or severely declined person retains full human dignity and personhood until natural death.Estimated, not verified
- Ensoulment At ConceptionAffirmsTradition defaultThe soul is present from the moment of conception (immediate ensoulment).Estimated, not verified
- Equality IntrinsicStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAll human beings possess equal intrinsic worth before God regardless of race, sex, ability, or status.Estimated, not verified
- Gender Complementarian RolesStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod assigns men and women distinct and complementary roles in the home and church.Estimated, not verified
- Gender EgalitarianStrongly rejectsTradition defaultMen and women are equally called to all roles and offices, with no role reserved by sex.Estimated, not verified
- Historical AdamStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAdam and Eve were real, historical individuals who are the biological ancestors of all humanity.Estimated, not verified
- Human Distinct In KindStrongly affirmsTradition defaultHumanity differs from other animals in kind, not merely in degree.Estimated, not verified
- Humanity MicrocosmStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe human being is a microcosm uniting the material and spiritual orders, serving as a bridge or priest of creation.Estimated, not verified
- Imago ChristologicalAffirmsTradition defaultThe image of God is properly defined by Christ, the true image, with humanity imaging God by conformity to him.Estimated, not verified
- Imago Defaced Not ErasedStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe Fall defaced or marred the image of God without erasing it.Estimated, not verified
- Imago Extends AnimalsStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe image of God belongs uniquely to humans and is not shared by non-human animals.Estimated, not verified
- Imago Grounds DignityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe image of God is the ground of the inviolable dignity and worth of every human being.Estimated, not verified
- Imago Is RealStrongly affirmsTradition defaultHuman beings are created in the image of God.Estimated, not verified
- Imago Likeness DistinctionStrongly affirmsTradition defaultScripture distinguishes "image" (retained) from "likeness" (lost in the Fall and restored in Christ).Estimated, not verified
- Imago RelationalAffirmsTradition defaultThe image of God consists primarily in humanity's capacity for and existence in relationship (with God and others).Estimated, not verified
- Imago Substantive ReasonLeans toward affirmingTradition defaultThe image of God consists primarily in a substantive human capacity such as reason, intellect, or will.Estimated, not verified
- Imago Universal RetainedStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe image of God remains in every human being after the Fall, however damaged.Estimated, not verified
- Individual Soul Supreme ValueStrongly affirmsTradition defaultEach individual human soul has supreme and incommensurable value to God.Estimated, not verified
- Inherited GuiltStrongly rejectsTradition defaultHumans bear not only a corrupted nature but also actual guilt for Adam's sin.Estimated, not verified
- Intermediate State ConsciousStrongly affirmsTradition defaultBetween death and resurrection the person exists in a conscious intermediate state apart from the body.Estimated, not verified
- Nature Grace ContinuityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGrace perfects and elevates a human nature that, though wounded, remains fundamentally oriented toward God.Estimated, not verified
- Original RighteousnessLeans toward rejectingTradition defaultThe first humans were created in a state of original righteousness or holiness, not in moral neutrality or immaturity.Estimated, not verified
- Original Sin InheritedAffirmsTradition defaultHuman beings inherit a corrupted nature (original sin) from Adam, prior to and apart from any actual sins they commit.Estimated, not verified
- Person Relational CommunionStrongly affirmsTradition defaultTo be a person is fundamentally to exist in relation and communion, modeled on the Trinity, not as an isolated individual.Estimated, not verified
- Race One Human FamilyStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAll ethnic groups descend from a common humanity and share one undivided nature, with no theological basis for racial hierarchy.Estimated, not verified
- Rest Sabbath AnthropologyStrongly affirmsTradition defaultRest (Sabbath) is built into the created human design and is essential to human flourishing, not merely a legal requirement.Estimated, not verified
- Resurrection CentralStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe ultimate hope for human persons is bodily resurrection, not merely the survival of a disembodied soul.Estimated, not verified
- Sex Binary CreatedStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod created humanity as male and female, and this sexed binary is a good and intended feature of human nature.Estimated, not verified
- Sexuality Good GiftStrongly affirmsTradition defaultHuman sexuality is a good gift of God within its proper bounds, not merely a concession to weakness.Estimated, not verified
- Soul CreationismAffirmsTradition defaultGod directly and specially creates each individual human soul (creationism of the soul).Estimated, not verified
- Soul Naturally ImmortalStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe human soul is by nature immortal and continues to exist consciously after the death of the body.Estimated, not verified
- Soul Pre ExistenceStrongly rejectsTradition defaultHuman souls existed before their embodiment in this earthly life.Estimated, not verified
- Soul ReincarnationStrongly rejectsTradition defaultHuman souls pass through multiple successive earthly lives (reincarnation).Estimated, not verified
- Soul SleepStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe dead are unconscious ("asleep") until the resurrection, with no conscious experience in between.Estimated, not verified
- Total DepravityRejectsTradition defaultSin so pervades every faculty of fallen humanity that no part of human nature is untouched by its corruption (total depravity).Estimated, not verified
- Transgender AffirmStrongly rejectsTradition defaultIt can be good and faithful for a person to live in and (where desired) medically transition to a gender identity differing from their birth sex.Estimated, not verified
- Unborn Full PersonStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe unborn human being is a full person bearing the image of God from conception.Estimated, not verified
- Vocation All CallingsStrongly affirmsTradition defaultEvery honest occupation can be a genuine divine calling, not only ordained or "sacred" work.Estimated, not verified
- Will Free Choice ImageStrongly affirmsTradition defaultFree choice (self-determination) is itself a constitutive feature of the image of God in humanity.Estimated, not verified
- Will LibertarianStrongly affirmsTradition defaultHuman beings possess libertarian free will: a genuine ability to choose otherwise that is not determined by prior causes or by God.Estimated, not verified
- Will Pelagian AbilityStrongly rejectsTradition defaultHuman beings can, by their natural powers and without any special grace, fulfill God's commands and choose the good.Estimated, not verified
- Will Semipelagian InitiativeStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe human person can take the first step toward God, with grace then assisting what the person has begun.Estimated, not verified
- Will SynergismStrongly affirmsTradition defaultSalvation involves a genuine cooperation in which the human will actively works together with divine grace (synergism).Estimated, not verified
- Work Pre Fall GoodStrongly affirmsTradition defaultWork is part of God's good creational design for humanity, not merely a curse resulting from the Fall.Estimated, not verified
Covenant Law Israel32 positions
- Abrahamic Covenant Foundational And OngoingStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe Abrahamic covenant is foundational and its promises remain operative for the people of God today.Estimated, not verified
- Believers No Longer Under Laws CondemnationStrongly affirmsTradition defaultBelievers are entirely free from the law's condemning function but remain under its directing function.Estimated, not verified
Mariology Saints75 positions
- All Believers Are SaintsRejectsTradition default"Saints" in the New Testament sense means all believers, not a special canonized class.Estimated, not verified
- Altar Relics Required Or ProperStrongly affirmsTradition defaultIt is fitting (or required) that altars contain the relics of saints.Estimated, not verified
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