Posted on 02/05/2006 12:36:59 PM PST by Gamecock
I've never met a Protestant that keeps up with Rome or is concerned about it's agenda.
In my experience, this has NEVER even come up.
Oh, I don't think they're so "inclined." 8~)
Haven't you participated on some of the RC/Protestant threads?
I don't quite understand this. What does it need to be rescued from? There will always be unbelievers, the Church has always struggled with being part of the world, but apart from it too. When the Church and the Papacy became secularized and led to the Reformation, it needed reformation, but that's not the same as rescuing. In any event, does anything like that lurk today?
If the promise of Christ is to be believed, that the gates of Hell will not prevail, then the Church is the one who rescues. If he's saying that we could all live the Faith more authentically (my goodness, I think I just quoted Al Gore), more vibrantly, then I agree, but I just don't know what he means by Christianity being in need of rescuing.
The separation of Church and Scripture as he describes here, seems a worse fate than the second scenario he describes. "Where two or more are gathered in my Name, there also will I be." I don't think that needs a ton of exegesis, does it?
In fact, the saints, who did not have the benefit “scientific” exegesis, “were the ones who understood it best” (76).
I think I agree with that. Christ's choice of His Apostles seem to agree with that too.
The Trinity is in need of rediscovery as well, since in much of theology today “The Son [is] reduced, the Father forgotten.”
I get tripped up when I'm praying sometimes because I begin thinking I've got the whole order wrong. I'm praying to Christ, but I have to remind myself that the Father is the First Person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit I do call on, so it's mostly Our Father that I have to bring myself back to, and I don't quite know why that is.
This seems like a fair piece from our protestant brethren. Christ desired that he could gather up all the Jews like a mother hen, I'm sure He feels the same about we Gentiles. I have for a long time had a lot more respect for the fire-and-brimstone protestants than the wishy-washy Jesus is our friend types. I like what the ECT crowd was attempting to do. I think it is difficult to say the least, to fight for truth in faith, yet recognize that Christians should hang together against the secular world or we should surely hang separately.
Sorry, Dr. E I didn't see the word 'if' in your original post to me.
Emily Latella: Nevermind!
Christ also established His Authority of the church through Peter the Rock, who was the first Pope.
Still, as long as Protestants accept Christ as their Lord and Savior for their salvation, I don't think the current Pope has problems with them at all.
I take it you don't get out much.
(Why it takes several pages to explain this, or why a Protestant -- or anyone else -- would find that remarkable, is something that would require explanation. However, that would seem to be throwing good bandwidth after bad.)
Wow, you mean the "church" was created 1517 after the birth of Christ?
Since Catholic dogma is deemed irrelevant to Protestants' belief in eternal salvation, there is no "ambivalence" of which to opine regarding the Pope.
Only that he does not speak on behalf of "all Christianity."
I was wondering if he'd be all kissy kissy with the Koran.
The Church is the Apostolic Church. Full Stop. If you're not a member of the Apostolic Church (which includes the Assyrian, the Oriental, the orthodox and the Catholic churchs), then you are in imperfect communion with the Church -- at the very least, at worst you are a non-Christian (to which I'd put in non-Trinitarians)
***The Church is the Apostolic Church.***
Wrong.
The Church is Christ and those who believe. PERIOD.
Let me rephrase: Your AVERAGE Protestant doesn't keep up with what goes on in Rome. I don't consider the Prots on this board as "average".....LOL :)
Wrong
You go ahead and rely on man's tradition.
I'll trust God.
What can Protestants expect from the new Pope?
Nothing of interest if Protestants are Bible based.
This fellow has no effect on me and I don't pay attention to him. What Christ and the Bible states is what my life is centered upon.
What a stupid question!
What can Protestants expect from the new Pope?
Nothing of interest if Protestants are Bible based.
This fellow has no effect on me and I don't pay attention to him. What Christ and the Bible states is what my life is centered upon.
What a stupid question!
For those who care about truth, this question is irrelevant!
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