The concept of “Christianity” is meaningless today.
re: I regard Catholicism as a denomination of Christianity
A “denomination” of a meaningless concept, is a meaningless denomination
re: (Catholicism) which is no less fallible, and no more ordained than any other denomination. I am sure there are erroneous interpretations of scripture in the Catholic church,
There do not exist any erroneous dogmas in the Catholic Church. Not a one. It has defined numerous absolute infallible truths. They are absolute truths. The Protestants do no have ONE SINGLE DOCTRINE which is not denied by other Protestants. They do not posses one single absolute truth, which is not denied by other Protestant.
Calling oneself Christian today has no meaning.
Then why do Catholics get their knickers in a knot if someone even suggests that they aren't Christians?
Protestants base their beliefs on the Bible, which the Catholic Church claims to have authored. If the Catholic church did indeed write Scripture as it claims, then why does the Catholic church say Protestants wrong for going back to IT instead of following traditions and teachings of men they have set up since then?
That is odd, when I sit in an ecumenical ministry with Baptist, Methodist, and Catholics (as well as others) we share numerous truths, none the least of which is the value and importance of Christ redeeming Grace.
Our faiths recognize each others baptism. Indeed I have been a member of what would perhaps be the two most extremely “different” Christians organizations there are, the Methodist Church and the Orthodox faith. The orthodox gladly accepted my Methodist baptism and recorded it in my Orthodox records. I also have a friend who joined the Catholic faith (at a very conservative Catholic Church) from a Southern Baptist tradition and her baptism was accepted there.
So exactly where are these total disagreements again?
I do not claim to speak for every organization that claims to be a Protestant denomination, or every organization that claims the title of “Christian”. Some may very well hold beliefs which are contrary to the fundamentals of Christianity. The Christian label is not meaningless, though it is often misused.
As to whether the Catholic church holds erroneous dogmas, I would certainly disagree. There is simply no basis for the belief that doctrinal infallibility rests in any one man or one heirarchy. Christ is the only path to Salvation ... the Catholic church is not the only path to Christ. That we disagree in this regard does not bother me in the least.
If you regard Christianity as a “meaningless concept”, then go your own way.
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