How would you define AFF?

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by crakjak

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Of course the UPC is legalistic, just because you accept the mode of dress, etc.(which is very liberal from a Amish point of view) doesn't make it any less legalistic.

It is legalistic because there are consequences for not following the prescribed doctrines and standards. Even shunning in many places.
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But as Jason is exploring in another thread, every denom pretty much has their own set of minimum "standards" or whatever you wish to call them.

Legalism says one cannot please God unless you please me first - and will judge all who don't bow. It could be about dress, but it need not be. I know some "non standards" churches that are legalistic IMO.

For example; Some Trinitarians have a rather legalistic approach to baptism and the Eucharist.

I don't believe all Amish and Old Order Mennonites are legalistic nor are all or most in the UPC.

The real acid test is whether one judges the eternal destination of those Christians who do things differently than our own custom. I am not at all sure that conservative Christians have a higher incidence of legalism than their more liberal counterparts.