[IMRight]

Every other church uses a name to de-nominate themselves away from the original

With respects... you are leaving our a number of faiths that were seperated from the early church more by geography than by theological schism. They can not properly be refered to as Protestants. Remember also that there are various "rites" within Catholicism that have variant practices from much of what has been argued on these threads as "Catholic belief" - like married priests - yet they are Catholic.

[JohnnyM]

You are correct in saying that the only separation of the Church documented in the Bible was geographical. Hence the church at Ephesus, the church at Phillipi, so on and so forth. So any separation outside of geography is not Biblical.

JM

[SoothingDave]

With respects... you are leaving our a number of faiths that were seperated from the early church more by geography than by theological schism. They can not properly be refered to as Protestants. Remember also that there are various "rites" within Catholicism that have variant practices from much of what has been argued on these threads as "Catholic belief" - like married priests - yet they are Catholic.

Of course. I am well aware of our eastern schismatic friends and some of the ancient churches which carry on the monophysite heresy or otherwise have broken continuity with the universal church. I didn't wish to belabor the point, and I think it is understood that no slight is given to them when we are attempting to re-embrace our Protestant brothers.

SD