I should start by saying I didn't really make clear the direction I was going in last post around. Rants just happen with me when I type, and I didn't quite make clear what I was acctually annoyed about. Sacraments are not evil or wrong or anything, and can acctually be helpfull to some individuals in worship. These are the two things I got upset about while typing:
1) The Army's 'hypocrisy' in saying that because we don't need sacraments we won't use them officially to get to a purer less confused faith, which was all well and good untill they introduced their own.
2) As Catherine Booth puts it in Aggresive Christianity, (Thanks to (Cpt.) Andrew Clarke for the copy) all our actions in our faith, whether it is keeping the traditions of the sacraments or cleaning the streets, can either be nothing but a 'Clanging cymbal,' or if it is 'Expressed in love' it can be 'everything.'
No, sacraments are not an evil whatsoever, and if I ever made anyone understand this is my belief, then I apologise. In fact, one of the many highlights of SWSCA (music school) for me was sharing in the 'ribena communion' in our cell groups. However, I do not, along with the values of the Army in theory, believe that sacramentalism is a fundamental issue of our christian faith. As Catherine Booth puts it again in the very same book 'Religion is the old convenant, relationship is the new convenant.'
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