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Do Protestants consider Catholics to be Christians? [open]
5/16/08 | me

Posted on 05/16/2008 3:19:30 PM PDT by netmilsmom

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>>I think the RCC doctrines are a product of the enemy<<

Please tell us where we stand here. Examples welcome, but I'm not sure that actual names can be used when quoting another FReeper, so date and thread title may be better.


TOPICS: Catholic; General Discusssion; Skeptics/Seekers; Theology
KEYWORDS: christian
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1 posted on 05/16/2008 3:19:30 PM PDT by netmilsmom
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To: Judith Anne; markomalley; narses; Petronski; sandyeggo

ping


2 posted on 05/16/2008 3:20:15 PM PDT by netmilsmom (I am Ironmom. (but really made from Gold plated titanium))
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To: netmilsmom

Yes, no question.


3 posted on 05/16/2008 3:21:23 PM PDT by Enosh (†)
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bump!


4 posted on 05/16/2008 3:22:14 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: netmilsmom

Without a doubt. What I disagree with is the system. God has his lambs in every denomination.


5 posted on 05/16/2008 3:24:00 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: netmilsmom

Yes without reservation.


6 posted on 05/16/2008 3:25:25 PM PDT by DManA
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To: vpintheak

Are you Protestant?


7 posted on 05/16/2008 3:25:30 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Alex Murphy

>>I think the RCC doctrines are a product of the enemy<<

That’s ten Hail Marys for you, naughty boy!

;)


8 posted on 05/16/2008 3:25:51 PM PDT by Enosh (†)
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To: netmilsmom
Are Protestants "anathemized", “heretics”, “defective Christians”, or “separated brethren”?

I get called the former two far more often around here than the latter two. Consider it quid pro quo.

9 posted on 05/16/2008 3:26:34 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?" -- Galatians 4:16)
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To: Alex Murphy

LOL, he hit me first, mama....


10 posted on 05/16/2008 3:28:23 PM PDT by tiki (True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
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To: trisham

If you have to call it that yes. I prefer Bible believing Christian.


11 posted on 05/16/2008 3:28:27 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: netmilsmom

I stand on the side that says if one holds to be true all that the Catholic Church teaches then one has attained the fullness of faith. Anything less is one degree or another of a defective faith, no matter how earnestly held.

I also believe that events and beliefs that have led Christians to a falling away from the Catholic Church are the work of the deceiver of men and are further injuries to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Having said that, I consider those in the separated churches to be Christians by virtue of their baptisms and the limited truths they hold and adhere to.


12 posted on 05/16/2008 3:28:27 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: Alex Murphy

Or, better yet, are non catholics going to heaven?


13 posted on 05/16/2008 3:28:30 PM PDT by chadwimc (Proud to be an infidel ! Allah fubar !!!)
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To: netmilsmom
Do Protestants consider Catholics to be Christians?

I do.

14 posted on 05/16/2008 3:28:46 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: netmilsmom

no


15 posted on 05/16/2008 3:28:55 PM PDT by ChibisHologram
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To: Enosh
That’s ten Hail Marys for you, naughty boy!

That's not my quote.

16 posted on 05/16/2008 3:28:55 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?" -- Galatians 4:16)
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To: netmilsmom

Because of the necessity for personal, vital faith in the Lord Jesus Christ ... Protestants don’t even necessarily consider Protestants to be Christians.

But to the point of your question, most Protestants would freely acknowledge the presence of many true believers in Christ among Roman Catholics.

Many would add, though, that these are saved in spite of Catholic teaching on salvation and in partial contradiction to it.


17 posted on 05/16/2008 3:28:55 PM PDT by Oliver Optic
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To: netmilsmom

No. There were no Christians from the time Peter found the Church to the time Martin Luther found a hammer. Then poof, there were suddenly Christians again. Protestant magic.


18 posted on 05/16/2008 3:29:45 PM PDT by SampleMan (We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
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To: vpintheak

Thanks!


19 posted on 05/16/2008 3:29:46 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: netmilsmom; A.A. Cunningham

Incredible. The Catholic Church saved Western Civilization.


20 posted on 05/16/2008 3:29:48 PM PDT by Jacquerie
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