Where Have All the Protestants Gone?

NOR ^ | January 2006 | Thomas Storck

[blue-duncan]

"I didn't realize that all Church history ended at Acts 28."

No one is talking about extra biblical church history. The point was that there is no scriptural basis for calling the Antioch Church "Catholic" nor is there a scriptural basis for it being founded by Peter

[Pyro7480]

As, I am no longer Roman Catholic, I'm proud to call myself Protestant, should I be even 1/10th the child of God, that she was, accurses and anathemas, notwithstanding.

No longer Catholic? When did that happen?

[markomalley]

OK, I can accept that. So let's substitute it with "historic, authentic, apostolic Christianity" -- that works for me, as well.

[Bainbridge]

I had a very similar experience with a Roman Catholic, one with 2 Master's Degrees from prestigious universities. When asked about me ( Bainbridge) and whether or not I was a "Catholic" he replied " oh , no she is a Christian.".
The problem here , as I see it is that the Roman Catholics are sensing a shift of momentum. They are insisting on people using their( RC) terms to define themselves. It is rather like when those who support abortion refer to those
who do not as anti-choice", refusing to use the term said people choose for themselves, that being pro-life.The tone of the article is pompous, yet vaguely pathetic as the author keeps trying to insist that well, if only they were "Catholic" well then they would be Catholic. He is obviously very hard core using the term Protestant revolt for what most of Western Civilization refers to as the Reformation. Seems to me he and his compatriots are whistling' past the graveyard.

[Mr. Lucky]

You should visit one of these threads during football season; Steelers fans are impossible to deal with.

[wmfights]

"The only conclusion that one can come to unless you are
predisposed to believe in man's tradition over the Holy Word of G-d
is that Y'shua was speaking of himself as the "rock"
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Thank you for a much better explanation than I could muster.

[Uri’el-2012]

Not a problem

Blessings to you and yours.

b'shem Y'shua

[Full Court]

So let us not go along with the widespread practice of calling our separated brethren simply Christians. They are Protestants.

What a silly article! Everyone knows that Baptists are not Protestants, and most of the other truly evangelical denominations did not fall from Luther's tree either.

[Flavius Josephus]

I feel home. It makes me feel like a little boy again.

[Full Court]

Protestant churches still baptize infants and claim it has some if not a totaly salvational effect.

If your church does not baptize unbelieving infants, you are not a Protestant, but a Christian.

Acts 11:26  And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

[Uri’el-2012]

Thank you and welcome aboard.

b'shem Y'shua

[AlbionGirl]

Recently. What the Church demands of me to be in Communion, I cannot give her. As St. Thomas Aquinas pointed out, if you can't believe or assent to believe, have the integrity to get out.

One thing I want to say is that I wish the Roman Catholic Church well, and I really mean that. You won't find me on any Catholic threads bemoaning this or that, criticizing this or that, the Church's affairs are no longer any of my business. It cost me a bit to leave, but what I did I did because of the prompting of my conscience.

[blue-duncan]

"OK, I can accept that. So let's substitute it with "historic, authentic, apostolic Christianity" -- that works for me, as well."

Let's just leave it at "extra biblical church history" then we don't have to argue over whether it is authentic or apostolic. By the way I owe you both an apology, Peter was mentioned being at the church at Antioch in the scriptures. Paul mentioned his visit in Galatians 2:11 but that was when he embarrassed himself with his hypocrisy.

[kerryusama04]

Yes, you do. You even have padded knee rests in front of the idols. Please refer to the 10 Commandments section of your catechism book. Mine has a chart illustrating that the Roman Church actually deleted idolatry from the 10.

[Full Court]

Ian Paisley, Jack Chick, Bob Jones, are NOT exactly representative of typical Protestant leaders, nor even typical Evangelical leaders. All three are radicals fundamentalists.

Bob JOnes is somewhat of a lightweight in fundy circles, because he isn't KJVO. Paisley is the best orator and preacher as far as listening to goes, but he still baptizes infants which lets him out of the inner circle of real fundamentalism.
Jack Chick is ok, and has won millions of people to the Lord, but his drawings of God give me the willies.

[Uri’el-2012]

There is more to church history and the beliefs of the church fathers than Rome lets on. :-)

I'm much like the Bereans; I search the scriptures daily.

b'shem Y'shua