"we hold that Christ is spiritually, but not physically, present in the bread and cup."

"we hold that Christ is spiritually, but not physically, present in the bread and cup."

"We baptize infants and children whose family has made a commitment to raising them in our church."

"rejects — Infant baptism is the norm. Baptism regenerates and incorporates into the Church. Emergency baptism of infants is a serious pastoral concern."

• Apostolic SuccessionSTRONG
  Historic episcopate — tactile line of consecration from the apostles.
• Assumption of MarySTRONG
  Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus (1950)
• Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
  Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus (1854)
• Infant BaptismSTRONG
  Westminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
• Marriage as one man and one womanSTRONG
  Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; historic universal Christian teaching.
• Perpetual Virginity of MarySTRONG
  Second Council of Constantinople (553); universal patristic reception
• Real PresenceSTRONG
  Trent; Book of Concord (sacramental union); Chrysostom liturgy; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII
• TheotokosSTRONG
  Council of Ephesus (431)
• TransubstantiationSTRONG
  Council of Trent, Session XIII (1551)

• Believer's Baptismstandard
  Baptism practiced once, infant primary (RCC Trent; Orthodox catechism)
• Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONG
  Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
• Permissibility of divorce and remarriageSTRONG
  Marriage is indissoluble; annulment (declaration of invalidity) is the only recourse (CCC 1650).
• Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG
  1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.

• Pacifism vs. just-warweak
  Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.