I’ve heard it said - and it was by one of our parish priests - that he has seen literature from at least one recent Protestant group who claimed Apostolic origin...through...
...get this...
...wait for it, it’s worth it, I promise...
the Nestorians.
I guess they had to find anything that represented rebellion against Rome (and the rest of the Church at that time, too). But I do have to wonder if the poor soul making that claim had any idea what the nature of Nestorian heresy was/is.
Lord, have mercy.
“But I do have to wonder if the poor soul making that claim had any idea what the nature of Nestorian heresy was/is.”
We see so much Arianism and Nestorianism from Protestants on this site that I sincerely doubt he knows whence he speaks.
***I’ve heard it said - and it was by one of our parish priests - that he has seen literature from at least one recent Protestant group who claimed Apostolic origin...through...
...get this...
...wait for it, it’s worth it, I promise...
the Nestorians.***
A fabulous bunch, well connected. You wouldn’t be talking about any of the Calvinists would you? There are a couple on here who seem to separate Christ the man from Jesus the God.
***I guess they had to find anything that represented rebellion against Rome (and the rest of the Church at that time, too). But I do have to wonder if the poor soul making that claim had any idea what the nature of Nestorian heresy was/is.***
It really doesn’t matter to them. The very invention of double predestination (as a feel good method of taking those who were rejected as human beings in the third grade in school and creating a fantasy that somehow you ‘know’ that you are saved unto eternal life when nobody in Scripture is saved in that fashion) serves as an example that emotional basis can completely overwhelm any rational thought.
Look, if you stood up in Church and said that you thought that every Presbyterian and every Presbyterian doggie go to Presbyterian heaven, they’d carefully and comfortably escort you to a rubber room.
***Lord, have mercy.***
This we pray. On our knees, too, which sets us apart from our separated brethren.