To: NYer
The claims of the article are falsified by the false premise that Baptists are Protestants. If Catholics are going to continue the berate non-catholics for their supposed ignorance and lack of schooling, they would be well advised familiarize themselves with some of the most basic terms used in the dialogue.
Baptists are part of a general "primitive church" movement which acknowledges the truth that the first-generation church, as constituted directly under Christ, was necessarily inerrant and that the fruit of the early church fell not far from that tree. This is why Baptists are interested in the earliest Christian adaptations of Jewish tradition, in this case Passover.
For Catholics to lay claim to the early church from which we all derive makes as much sense as a child pressing a claim to superior ownership of his siblings parents.
To: Brass Lamp
Baptists are part of a general "primitive church" movement which acknowledges the truth that the first-generation church, as constituted directly under Christ, was necessarily inerrant and that the fruit of the early church fell not far from that tree. The Baptist Church was formed in 1609 by John Smyth, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
33 posted on
02/27/2011 3:37:22 PM PST by
NYer
("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
To: Brass Lamp
The claims of the article are falsified by the false premise that Baptists are Protestants. If Catholics are going to continue the berate non-catholics for their supposed ignorance and lack of schooling, they would be well advised familiarize oh please....Baptists are indeed protestant and not necessarily good at it. If you are not Catholic, are christian, then you are protestant....
38 posted on
02/27/2011 8:45:34 PM PST by
terycarl
(4)
To: Brass Lamp; wmfights; Mr Rogers; The Theophilus; Lera
by the false premise that Baptists are ProtestantsBaptists are part of a general "primitive church" movement
Aha -- now Brass Lamp, that is your opinion. There are other Baptists who differ with you, so hence what is it --> do we say Baptists are Protestants or not?
48 posted on
02/28/2011 5:39:00 AM PST by
Cronos
("They object to tradition saying that they themselves are wiser than the apostles" - Ire.III.2.2)
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