They come to real consensus on the central issue — that Jesus Christ sacrificed His life and spilled his blood for us, that we may be saved from hell.
Mere human beings — every one, including every pope who ever lived — are fallible human beings and will misinterpret SOMETHING.
What’s important is that we understand the supreme sacrifice of Christ and what it means to us believers — believers from every Christian denomination, and those who do not claim any denomination.
No one should ever allow RELIGION to separate him or her from Christ.
You wrote:
“They come to real consensus on the central issue — that Jesus Christ sacrificed His life and spilled his blood for us, that we may be saved from hell.”
But they did not come to consensus on everything of even close to everything and that very lack of consistancy shows that their doctrine of sola scriptura is unworkable. Also, Catholics too believe that “Jesus Christ sacrificed His life and spilled his blood for us, that we may be saved from hell.” Does that mean that there are now no major differences between Catholics and Protestants? See how easily your argument falls to pieces?
“Mere human beings — every one, including every pope who ever lived — are fallible human beings and will misinterpret SOMETHING.”
True. But no Catholic claims popes are always right or always infallible. If you say that Obama is the current president of the USA, that is an INFALLIBLE statement. You are infallible when you say it. You are wrong about much else. I don’t think you even come close to understanding papal infallibility.
“What’s important is that we understand the supreme sacrifice of Christ and what it means to us believers — believers from every Christian denomination, and those who do not claim any denomination.”
But that’s just it. Christ founded exactly ZERO denominations. ZERO. He founded one Church and it isn’t a Protestant sect.
“No one should ever allow RELIGION to separate him or her from Christ.”
No one should allow his ignorance about religion to separate himself from a correct understanding of Christ or His Church.