All Saints Parish

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A stance that departs from the denomination

The congregation's own words appear to differ from what its denomination's confession binds. This is an AI reading of the church's public text and may be inaccurate — the quotes below show what it's based on.

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Believer's Baptism

Roman Catholic Church denies. This congregation affirms.

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

Inherited from denomination

What Roman Catholic Church 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.

Confessional standard: Council of Trent (Canons) · Council of Trent (Decrees)

Affirms

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)

Denies

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.

Wrestles with

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

In their own words

Statements

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