Teachings Peter does not teach in 1 Peter or 2 Peter

1. Communion ordinance instructions

No words of institution, no memorial meal directions, no table rules, no frequency, no bread and cup teaching.

2. Eucharist or Mass doctrine

No sacrificial altar, no real presence language, no adoration of elements, no repeated offering of Christ.

3. Seven sacraments or any sacramental system

No list of sacraments, no claim that rites convey saving grace.

4. Infant baptism

No command, no practice, no promise of regeneration tied to an infant ritual.

5. Baptismal regeneration as a ritual formula

Peter never prescribes a ceremony that grants salvation by the act. In 1 Peter 3:21 he clarifies the figure, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh.

6. Confirmation or first communion rites

No post-baptism ceremony, no catechetical vows.

7. Auricular confession to a priest and priestly absolution

No instruction to confess sins to an ordained mediator, no formula of absolution.

8. Purgatory, prayers for the dead, or indulgences

No intermediate state of purging, no prayers for the dead, no treasury of merits.

9. Marian dogmas

No immaculate conception, no perpetual virginity teaching, no bodily assumption, no mediatrix role, no veneration of Mary.

10. Papal supremacy and infallibility

No office of a Roman bishop with universal jurisdiction, no infallibility claim.

11. Apostolic succession as a chain conveying sacramental power

No doctrine that special grace flows by hands through an unbroken line.

12. Last rites or extreme unction as a saving ordinance

No deathbed rite that remits sins or prepares the soul.

13. Holy water, relics, medals, scapulars

No objects that confer grace or protection.

14. Icons and image veneration

No permission to bow to images, no theology of sacred images.

15. Mandatory tithing for believers

No command that Christians must tithe to maintain standing or blessing.

16. Sabbath keeping or feast day obligations for righteousness

No binding of weekly sabbath laws, no festival calendar for justification or holiness.

17. Dietary laws for righteousness

No food rules for spiritual standing or purification.

18. Tongues as required evidence of receiving the Spirit

No command to seek tongues, no test of spiritual life based on a sign gift.

19. Tarry meetings, healing lines, or miracle techniques

No instructions for methods, no promised success formulas.

20. Exorcism rites and formulas

No scripted rite for casting out devils, no objects or phrases guaranteed to work.

21. Sinner’s prayer formulas and altar calls

No prescribed words to secure salvation, no public aisle ritual.

22. Denominational creeds or catechisms as binding authority

No human creed placed alongside Scripture as rule of faith.

23. Christian nationalism or cultural dominion programs

No mandate to seize civil power, no blueprint for ruling the nations before the Lord’s return.

24. Prosperity seed-faith giving

No promise that gifts of money guarantee health or wealth.

25. Church calendar seasons

No Lent, no Advent, no Ash Wednesday, no holy days required for spiritual standing.

26. Covenant signs for a Christian ordinance system

No command to adopt covenant badges or seal rites, no covenant meal language.

27. Detailed leadership hierarchy with clerical ranks and vestments

No layers of office beyond local elders among the flock, no vestment rules, no liturgical choreography.

28. Formal liturgies and set prayers for communion or baptism

No set liturgy, no fixed prayers to recite for elements or water.

29. Assurance by sacrament

No teaching that participation in a rite secures forgiveness or standing with God.

30. Praying to saints or through saints

No invocation of departed believers, no heavenly intercessor cycle beyond Christ.

31. Sacred tradition equal to Scripture

Peter never directs believers to unwritten church tradition as a co-equal authority with the written word.

32. Mandatory celibacy for ministers

No rule that leaders must remain unmarried.

33. Penances assigned for forgiveness

No system of satisfactions or temporal punishments to work off sin.

34. Pilgrimages for merit

No journey to a place that grants spiritual credit.

35. Music or worship style requirements

No instruments list, no song forms, no performance rules that confer grace.

Notes on common prooftexts sometimes cited with Peter

• Acts 2:42 and Acts 2:46 mention breaking bread in a daily temple-centered setting with common meals from house to house. These are not Peter’s epistle instructions, and they do not create a communion ordinance in his letters.

• 2 Peter 2:13 mentions feasting in a rebuke of false teachers. It is a moral warning about bad actors at meals, not a communion chapter.

• 1 Peter 3:21 mentions baptism and immediately clarifies it is not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God.