Comparison of Christian Denominations - Beliefs (Part 2)

• Anglican/Episcopalian - "Albeit that Good Works ... cannot put away our sins ... yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith ..." 39 Articles Anglican Communion

• Assembly of God - "Good works are very important to the believer. When we appear before the judgment seat of Christ, what we have done while in the body, whether good or bad, will determine our reward. But good works can only issue out of our right relationship with Christ." AG.org

• Baptist - "All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society ... We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick ... " SBC

• Lutheran - "Before God only those works are good which are done for the glory of God and the good of man, according to the rule of divine Law. Such works, however, no man performs unless he first believes that God has forgiven him his sins and has given him eternal life by grace ..." LCMS

• Methodist - "Although good works ... cannot put away our sins ... they are pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and spring out of a true and lively faith ..." UMC

• Presbyterian - Still researching Presbyterian position. Submit documented sources only to this email.

• Roman Catholic - Works have merit. "An indulgence is obtained through the Church who ... intervenes in favor of individual Christians and opens for them the treasury of the metis of Christ and the saints to obtain from the Father of mercies the remission of the temporal punishments due for their sins. Thus the Church does not want simply to come to the aid of these Christians, but also to spur them to works of devotion ... (Indulgentarium Doctrina 5)." Catholic Answers

Index: Comparison of Christian Denominations - Beliefs (Part 2)

1. Original Sin
2. Salvation
3. Atonement for Sin
4. Free Will vs Predestination
5. Can Salvation be Lost?
6. Works
7. Heaven
8. Hell
9. Purgatory
10. End Times