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The Presbyterians
- John Calvin slammed the door shut to further restoration of scriptural truths such as the oneness of God, and baptism in Jesus name, the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit
- The born again salvation plan of Jesus Christ is no longer taught or practiced
The modern Presbyterians trace their ancestry all the way back to the Protestant Reformation in 1517, and the original teachings of Martin Luther. About twenty years later a man by the name of John Calvin further reformed even Martin Luther’s teachings, into what is known as Calvinism. He did much to solidify and perpetuate the doctrine of predestination, which undermines true biblical faith.
John Calvin slammed the door shut to further restoration of scriptural truths
Most significant from the Apostolic point of view, Calvin slammed the door shut to further restoration of scriptural truths such as the oneness of God, baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and the gifts of the Spirit.
A man, who studied with John Calvin in Geneva, brought his teachings to Scotland. It was here that the first official Presbyterian Churches were established in 1536 AD. (32. A History of Christian Doctrine, Volume 2 by David K. Bernard: Chapter 6, John Calvin and His Reformed Theology pgs. 113-135; Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion; Letters of John Calvin. Compiled by Jules Bonnet. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication.1858; Tracts and Treatises in Defense of the Reformed Faith. Translated by Henry Beveridge) Over the course of the centuries, the Presbyterian Church has split many times. Many of their churches split from one church, and then merged with another sect that had been split at a previous time. This splitting and merging has caused slight varying beliefs amongst Presbyterians, but allowed for their core beliefs to remain intact regardless of what sect of the Presbyterian Church one was in. (33. The History of the Presbyterian Church in America, Reformation)
Presbyterians use the Biblical form of government in which elders or presbyters, which are elected by the local church, are in authority in that local body of believers. (34. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History, pg 673)
Presbyterians baptize in the titles of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. They also administer infant baptism as well as adult baptism. Presbyterians choose to sprinkle water or pour water on someone’s head when baptizing instead of full submersion considering that submersion was the only way that anyone was baptized in the Bible, because it is called a burial. (35. The Bible:Romans 6:4; Greek English Lexicon by Liddel, Scott & Thayer, Classic Greek-English Dictionary by Pollet, Greek-English Dictionary by Divry’s) There were no infants ever baptized in the Bible.
The born again salvation plan of Jesus Christ is no longer taught or practiced
Presbyterians believe, as the Bible teaches, that Jesus Christ is as alive as He was when He was first resurrected. They believe that He is with us today even though He is unseen and can’t be physically touched. Presbyterians do believe in the Biblical truth that Jesus is coming back to take His people out of this world in what is known as The Rapture, although they do not teach nor preach the Biblical doctrine of being born again of water and of Spirit as Jesus Christ commanded.