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To: the_conscience

***We stand for true religon, the apostalic doctrine.
Standing upon false belief is no virtue.***

Can you show me that you stand for apostolic doctrine? Please pardon me if I am not getting your particular branch of Protestantism correct. A gentle reminder, if you would?

The very definition of Protestantism is a protest against the Church. That is defining one’s self by what they are NOT. Not by defining one’s self by what they are. That is why Luther went one way, Zwingli in several others, and Calvin in yet another. They did not define what they thought until they defined what they were not. Then they felt at ease to construct their own particular theologies and move into power.


1,383 posted on 02/05/2008 7:52:22 PM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: MarkBsnr

***The very definition of Protestantism is a protest against the Church. ***

That IS correct, but they didn’t protest against God. They were trying to get the church back to God.


1,385 posted on 02/05/2008 7:56:32 PM PST by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: MarkBsnr

***That is why Luther went one way, Zwingli in several others, and Calvin in yet another.***

Not true. They were all united on the most important doctrine of the Church, the doctrine of Justification, by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone to the glory of God alone with Scripture as the final rule of faith alone.


1,387 posted on 02/05/2008 7:58:57 PM PST by the_conscience ('The human mind is a perpetual forge of idols'.)
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