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[160] In contradistinction to the teaching of the Lutheran Churches, the Methodist Churches bring the Law and the Gospel together in a profound sense: "the law is grace and through it we discover the good news of the way life is intended to be lived." [160] John Wesley, the father of the Methodist tradition taught: [160]
The former church had resulted from mergers of several groups of German Methodist heritage; however, there was no longer any need or desire to worship in the German language. The latter church was a result of union between the Methodist Protestant Church and the northern and southern factions of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Global Methodist Church consists of a large number of traditionalists, including those aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement. [99] The Book of Discipline of the Global Methodist Church thus teaches that "a life of holiness or 'entire sanctification' should be the goal of each individual’s journey with God."
In some forms of Christianity, the intermediate state or interim state is a person's existence between death and the universal resurrection. In addition, there are beliefs in a particular judgment right after death and a general judgment or last judgment after the resurrection. It bears resemblance to the Barzakh in Islam.
The Methodist Church does not possess a strict set of doctrines comparable to that of the Westminster Confession, but it does specify general doctrinal standards, as follows: The Methodist Church claims and cherishes its place in the Holy Catholic Church which is the Body of Christ.
In 2004, the United Methodist Church reaffirmed its view of the sacrament and its belief in the Real Presence in an official document entitled This Holy Mystery. [82] The Methodist Church holds the position of unequivocal recognition of the anamnesis as more than just a memorial, but instead a re-presentation of Jesus:
Mormonism includes a belief in the doctrine of exaltation, by which is meant a literal divinization. According to Latter-Day Saint scholars, there are similarities between the Latter-Day Saint belief of eternal progression and the beliefs found in the patristic writings of the first, second, and third centuries A.D. [27]
These include the death penalty not only for murder, but also for idolatry, [7] homosexuality, [8] adultery, witchcraft and blasphemy. [9] Most Calvinists reject Christian reconstructionism and hold to classical covenant theology, which is the traditional Calvinist view of the relationship between the Old Covenant and Christianity. [10]