A friend suggested a make a chart something like this one, but with the Wesleyan tradition as the baseline. Why not? Take this mostly as just having fun. :-)
Wesleyan (0% un-Wesleyan)
1. Apostle's Creed
2. Personal faith experience essential
3. Works follow justification, can nullify salvation
4. Consistent moral purity possible
5. Bible without error (implicitly, as understood by the Wesleyan tradition)
6. Any form of baptism, as long as not thought to save
7. Any view of communion allowed
Methodist (can be 0% un-Wesleyan)
1. Apostle's Creed
2. Personal faith experience can be thought essential
3. Works follow justification, can nullify salvation
4. Consistent moral purity can be thought possible
5. Bible can be thought without error
6. Infant baptism by sprinkling preferred
7. Communion a sacrament
Roman Catholic (at least 20% un-Wesleyan)
1. Apostle's Creed
2. Baptized in church saved, but many non-Catholics will also be saved
3. Works follow justification, can nullify salvation
4. Sin a constant expectation
5. Bible the putative source of theology (explicitly, as understood by the Catholic tradition)
6. Infant baptism very important
7. Eucharist literally becomes the body and blood of Christ (transubstantiation)
Southern Baptist (at least 40% un-Wesleyan)
1. Apostle's Creed
2. Personal faith experience essential
3. Works follow justification, but cannot nullify salvation
4. Sin a constant expectation
5. Bible without error (implicitly, as understood by the Southern Baptist tradition)
6. Believer's baptism by immersion very important
7. Communion a memorial of Christ's sacrifice
Lutheran (at least 40% un-Wesleyan)
1. Apostle's Creed
2. Mystery who ends in the church
3. Important not to think about works, although do follow salvation
4. Sin a constant expectation
5. Bible the putative source of theology (implicitly, as understood by the Lutheran tradition)
6. Infant baptism very important
7. Christ comes to be with the Eucharist (consubstantiation)
Reformed (at least 60% un-Wesleyan)
1. Apostle's Creed
2. Predestined will end in the church
3. Works follow justification, but never nullify salvation
4. Sin a constant expectation
5. Bible the putative source of theology (implicitly, as understood by the Reformed tradition)
6. Infant baptism very important
7. Communion a sacrament
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Eastern Orthodox?
Rick
I have come not to think in these ways anymore.
I am tending to think more broadly of traditions development and misunderstanding the reason why a certain tradition even started. The "sacralization" of a tradition because of its misundertanding of origins....etc...
And tradition/culture/societal impact upon individuals within...
And even, the need for tradition, when the individual has come to "full maturation" in understanding individual/societal needs.
Great chart, very helpful.
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