Yes but there's a difference.
Individuals holding heretical beleifs within the church are INDIVIDUALS they are nt preaching a false doctrine.
Protestant churches with heretical DOCTRINES are out there evangelizing false doctrines to the masses.
The truth is within the Catholic, and Orthodox church, for individuals to find, whether they find it is still up to them. (Freewill yet again).
Yet members of these protestant churches would have to hold TRUTHFUL convictions (abortion is a sin) which would be heretical to their own church's false doctrine, in order to find the truth.
Yes but there's a difference.
Individuals holding heretical beleifs within the church are INDIVIDUALS they are nt preaching a false doctrine.
Protestant churches with heretical DOCTRINES are out there evangelizing false doctrines to the masses.
The truth is within the Catholic, and Orthodox church, for individuals to find, whether they find it is still up to them. (Freewill yet again).
Yet members of these protestant churches would have to hold TRUTHFUL convictions (abortion is a sin) which would be heretical to their own church's false doctrine, in order to find the truth.
Once again ... any church could choose to call itself 'Protestant'.
That doesn't mean that it is.
Any believer in any church must 'test the doctrines' of that church by scripture to determine whether or not it is of God.
If one's church's doctrine does not conform to the scriptures, ... then you should look for a 'true' church.
The scriptures are the ultimate objective baseline against which one might make such a determination.