Hello! I have three questions:
(1) Does "Reformed" Protestantism (Calvinism, Presbyterians, Evangelicals, etc.) have a real, direct basis in early Christian traditions and writings to claim that the Communion bread is "only" a symbol and to reject the Lutheran Protestant and Catholic beliefs in Jesus' real presence in the food (consubstantiation and transubstantiation, respectively)?
(2) Does Protestantism have a real basis in early Christianity to reject the special respect and claimed miraculous properties of holy relics?
For Question #2, please see post #94 http://www.christianforums.com/thre...-of-christianity.7929431/page-5#post-69195600
(3) Does this Reformed Protestant approach to theology lead out of and away from Biblical Christianity?
For Question 3(A) Does the Reformed Approach to the Eucharistic bread and to relics lead away from the Biblical meaning, see Message #185: http://www.christianforums.com/thre...of-christianity.7929431/page-10#post-69202770
For Question 3(B) Does the Reformed Approach lead away from Biblical Christianity in general, see Message #365:
http://www.christianforums.com/thre...of-christianity.7929431/page-19#post-69271122
Concluding Remarks:
http://www.christianforums.com/thre...of-christianity.7929431/page-23#post-69301136
In the poll above, disregard the words "Age of Enlightenment". Calvin's rationalistic approach could only be a precursor to the Age of Enlightenment, whose founders included those who came from Calvinism like Pierre Baley and Rousseau.
(1) Does "Reformed" Protestantism (Calvinism, Presbyterians, Evangelicals, etc.) have a real, direct basis in early Christian traditions and writings to claim that the Communion bread is "only" a symbol and to reject the Lutheran Protestant and Catholic beliefs in Jesus' real presence in the food (consubstantiation and transubstantiation, respectively)?
(2) Does Protestantism have a real basis in early Christianity to reject the special respect and claimed miraculous properties of holy relics?
For Question #2, please see post #94 http://www.christianforums.com/thre...-of-christianity.7929431/page-5#post-69195600
(3) Does this Reformed Protestant approach to theology lead out of and away from Biblical Christianity?
For Question 3(A) Does the Reformed Approach to the Eucharistic bread and to relics lead away from the Biblical meaning, see Message #185: http://www.christianforums.com/thre...of-christianity.7929431/page-10#post-69202770
For Question 3(B) Does the Reformed Approach lead away from Biblical Christianity in general, see Message #365:
http://www.christianforums.com/thre...of-christianity.7929431/page-19#post-69271122
Concluding Remarks:
http://www.christianforums.com/thre...of-christianity.7929431/page-23#post-69301136
In the poll above, disregard the words "Age of Enlightenment". Calvin's rationalistic approach could only be a precursor to the Age of Enlightenment, whose founders included those who came from Calvinism like Pierre Baley and Rousseau.
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