Talk:Baptist beliefs
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"Baptist denominations cannot directly enforce any kind of theological or practical orthodoxy among their constituent congregations. The denomination can choose not to accept the money or participation of congregations whose beliefs or practices are outside whatever norms the group has established. Likewise, they can refuse to recognize the ministerial credentials of clergy (which negatively affects the ability of chaplains to be accepted into the military), and set boundaries for orthodoxy for institutions, such as universities, seminaries, schools, and hospitals) owned or operated by the denomination."
This section confuses me. What entity is being referred to here as a "denomination"? Wouldn't "convention" be more appropriate? If there are no objections I'll change it.
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As far as I can tell, "Baptist Distinctives" is a synonym for "Baptist beliefs". So I think one of them should be converted to a single redirect to the other. The current content of both articles seems to support the idea that they are synonyms -- both articles are almost entirely made up of a detailed examination of the "BAPTIST" acrostic. --68.0.124.33 (talk) 05:06, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
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I strongly disagree! They should be kept separate! "Baptist Beliefs" refer more to theological perspectives. Many of these beliefs may be synonymous with other Christian denominations' beliefs. "Baptist Distinctives," on the other hand, refer to interpretations, doctrines and organizational principles that are "distinctively" Baptist. One example is the "autonomy of the local church." This distinctive emphasizes the unique authority of the local church to govern itself. This Baptist understanding is not exactly a "belief" - but more accurately a "distinctive" way of interpreting scripture and of defining relationships within the Church. Revtcb (talk) 18:50, 2 April 2008 (UTC) RevTCB
