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Doctrine of the United Methodist Church

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This is the doctrine that Methodists have stood upon and passed on through church, through families, and to the world for over 200 years. These faith statements are unchanged - they will REMAIN unchanged - to direct our Christian witness. 
 
The traditional tenets of Christian faith are included. 
 
*Faith in the Holy Trinity. 
 
*Belief in the divinity of Jesus - "the very eternal God who was also made very man" -joined to reconcile God to humanity and to be a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. 
 
*Belief in the Bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Lordship of Christ. 
 
*Affirmation of the Holy Ghost. 
 
*Belief in the Holy Scripture (all canonical books) as containing all things necessary to salvation. 
 
*Affirmation of the Old Testament not being contrary to the New Testament. 
 
*Belief in original sin as a corruption of the nature of every human. 
 
*Belief in free will to do good and resist evil. 
 
*Belief that, through faith in Jesus, we are justified by faith - not our works or merit. 
 
*The affirmation that good works are the fruit of faith and that works "over and above" 
 
*God's commandments are all done from a servant heart. 
 
*The importance of forgiveness and granting repentance is required for those who fall into sin after their justification. 
 
*Definition of the visible church as the congregation where the pure Word of God is preached and the Sacraments duly administered. 
 
*Statements defining the sacraments and speaking specifically in opposition to the Catholic doctrine of purgatory and the importance of speaking in a language that people understand; the relationship of Christians to civil rulers, the rights of private 
ownership of property and the importance of giving to the poor. 
 
*The affirmation of sanctification as the renewal of our fallen nature enabling us to live in grace to love God fully. 
 
The Articles of Religion - our core doctrine - can be found in the Discipline in #104 Section 3 (p. 65-77 of the 2016 Discipline). ​
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