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Trinity Orthodox Presbyterian Church

📍531 Milford Street, Easton, PA ✝orthodox_presbyterian_church
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Inherited from denomination

What Orthodox Presbyterian 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: Westminster Confession of Faith · Westminster Larger Catechism · Westminster Shorter Catechism

Affirms
Denies
  • Apostolic Successionstandard
    Congregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
  • Assumption of Marystandard
    Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
  • Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONG
    Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
  • Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • Perpetual Virginity of Marystandard
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • TransubstantiationSTRONG
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
  • Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG
    1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
  • Believer's Baptismstandard
    Paedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
  • Pacifism vs. just-warweak
    Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
  • Real Presencestandard
    Calvin's spiritual presence (genuinely present but not physically) is neither strong affirm nor deny; Anglican/Methodist typically hold a receptionist view.
  • Theotokosweak
    Confessionally valid title (Ephesus is a received council) but not used devotionally; retained in liturgy where liturgy is retained.
In their own words

Statements

statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Our Beliefs | Trinityopc top of page Home Who We Are Ministry Staff Our Beliefs Worship Service Outreach Calendar Contact Us More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Trinity OPC- Easton ​ ​ Join us for worship on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School follows the worship service at 11:15 a.m. View service here. Our Beliefs The Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God. There is One God, eternal and self-existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. All fell with Adam from his original sinless state and are thus dead in sin and enslaved by it. The Fa
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about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> Who We Are | Trinityopc top of page Home Who We Are Ministry Staff Our Beliefs Worship Service Outreach Calendar Contact Us More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Trinity OPC- Easton ​ ​ Join us for worship on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School follows the worship service at 11:15 a.m. View service here. Who We Are Trinity Orthodox Presbyterian Church is a congregation of Christians who love to worship their God, study His Word, proclaim His gospel to the world, apply themselves to love and good deeds and care for those around them. We desire to be a center for t
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beliefs
--> Our Beliefs | Trinityopc top of page Home Who We Are Ministry Staff Our Beliefs Worship Service Outreach Calendar Contact Us More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Trinity OPC- Easton ​ ​ Join us for worship on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School follows the worship service at 11:15 a.m. View service here. Our Beliefs The Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God. There is One God, eternal and self-existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. All fell with Adam from his original sinless state and are thus dead in sin and enslaved by it. The Father, in His infinite
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--> Who We Are | Trinityopc top of page Home Who We Are Ministry Staff Our Beliefs Worship Service Outreach Calendar Contact Us More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Trinity OPC- Easton ​ ​ Join us for worship on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School follows the worship service at 11:15 a.m. View service here. Who We Are Trinity Orthodox Presbyterian Church is a congregation of Christians who love to worship their God, study His Word, proclaim His gospel to the world, apply themselves to love and good deeds and care for those around them. We desire to be a center for the worship of God
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