Cambridge First Church of the Nazarene
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What Church of the Nazarene teaches
Positions bound by the denomination's confessional standards. This is what the tradition teaches; whether this specific congregation publicly holds each is a separate question — see Statements below.
Affirms
- Infant BaptismSTRONGWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- Marriage as one man and one womanSTRONGGenesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Permissibility of divorce and remarriagestandardMatthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officestandardVarious denominational actions (TEC 1976, ELCA 1970s, PC(USA) 1956, AG 1935, CofE 1994 priests / 2014 bishops, etc.)
Denies
- Apostolic SuccessionstandardCongregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
- Assumption of MarystandardUniversal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
- Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONGRomans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Immaculate ConceptionSTRONGUniversal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
- Perpetual Virginity of MarystandardNatural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
- Real PresencestandardMemorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
- TransubstantiationSTRONGOrthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
Wrestles with
- Believer's BaptismstandardPaedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
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<!doctype html> Our Mission & Vision - Cambridge Center for Responsible Gaming Skip to content Cambridge Center for Responsible Gaming Confidentiality Pledge Helpline & Support Our Mission & Vision Cambridge Center for Responsible Gaming Toggle Menu Our Mission & Vision Healing Minds, Restoring Lives 1. 설립 배경: 작은 기도실에서 시작된 기적 Cambridge Center for Responsible Gaming (CCRG) 의 뿌리는 1980년대 영국 케임브리지의 작은 나사렛 교회(Nazarene Church) 지하 기도실입니다. 당시 교구 목사였던 설립자는 도박 빚으로 인해 가정이 파탄 나고 삶의 벼랑 끝에 몰린 한 청년의 고백을 듣게 되었습니다. 단순한 기도로는 해결될 수 없는 깊은 병임을 깨달은 우리는, 의학 전문가와 심리 상담사들을 초빙하여 체계적인 치유 프로그Source ↗
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Our Mission & Vision - Cambridge Center for Responsible Gaming Skip to content Cambridge Center for Responsible Gaming Confidentiality Pledge Helpline & Support Our Mission & Vision Cambridge Center for Responsible Gaming Toggle Menu Our Mission & Vision Healing Minds, Restoring Lives 1. 설립 배경: 작은 기도실에서 시작된 기적 Cambridge Center for Responsible Gaming (CCRG) 의 뿌리는 1980년대 영국 케임브리지의 작은 나사렛 교회(Nazarene Church) 지하 기도실입니다. 당시 교구 목사였던 설립자는 도박 빚으로 인해 가정이 파탄 나고 삶의 벼랑 끝에 몰린 한 청년의 고백을 듣게 되었습니다. 단순한 기도로는 해결될 수 없는 깊은 병임을 깨달은 우리는, 의학 전문가와 심리 상담사들을 초빙하여 체계적인 치유 프로그램을 만들기 시작했습니다. 종교적 사랑(Agape)과Source ↗
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