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To: stripes1776
First of all, I'll start by saying that John Wesley and his holiness theology is quite acceptable to me. If I was a Protestant, I'd be a Methodist or one of the branchettes of it...

While I do agree that most Protestant believe in free will (and Catholics do believe in predestination, by the way, as well as free will), I was refering to salvation. The idea that once a person either recites the "sinner's prayer" or is Baptised, that person cannot lose his salvation in heaven. As far as I know, your post doesn't address that - free will is only indirectly involved with salvation and losing it. Can you fill me in on what Methodists and others believe on the subject?

As to "majority", I am not in the know of which theology in Protestantism is dominant or the majority. All I can do is generalize, trying to come up with common beliefs that you all share but are different from Catholicism, such as Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide, and Eternal Salvation for the Protestant.

Correct me if I am wrong, please.

Regards

3,078 posted on 02/28/2006 9:14:40 AM PST by jo kus
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To: jo kus
free will is only indirectly involved with salvation and losing it.

That's not the way it works in Arminian theology. The majority of Protestants do not believe in once saved, always saved.

All I can do is generalize, trying to come up with common beliefs

You might want to leave once saved, always saved out of your general categories for Protestants. If it is general, then it applies to a majority. And that isn't the case for this category.

3,083 posted on 02/28/2006 11:18:30 AM PST by stripes1776
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