The only unity of doctrine protestants share is that which came to them from the Catholic Church.
Uh, I and those non Catholics that I know share in nothing that came from the Catholic religion...You're just repeating their talking points...
Not a single protestant came to that knowledge free of any other human influence. Not one can claim with honesty to have searched Scriptures and found those particular doctrines believable and have done so without any human tutelage. One can only claim to have accepted what they have learned from others after studying Scripture.
On paper it may look good...But in reality, it's absolutely not true...In my earlier years, I can remember pouring over the scriptures and numerous times having hit upon scriptures that completed the puzzle that confronted me...Just me, God's word and the Holy Spirit...
You nor anyone you have come in contact with obviously have never encountered such a thing...That certainly does not make it not so...
I never wonder at the unity of protestants regarding faith and doctrine. Instead, I am saddened by the disunity I see.
You don't see as much disunity as you think...I can (and have) gone into many churches of varied denominations and knew I was sitting there with my brethren...I wouldn't feel too sorry for us if I was you...
There is no bondage in belonging to the Church. We are not told what to think, believe or read. The Church proclaims the truth which we may accept or not accept. Unfortunately, many Catholics fall prey to the siren call of protestantism and other non Christian religions.
You just keep on believing that, Christian...While you are sitting amongst the flames that they told you was purgatory, we'll be in heaven worshiping Jesus...
nice attack against all us Christians whether Catholic or Lutheran or Orthodox or Baptist or Presbyterian or Pentecostal etc.
and nice sarcasm at the end -- your group's taqqiyah tactics against Christians is getting really old -- folks already know that your non-Christian group only seeks to foment discord.
In my earlier years, I can remember pouring over the scriptures and numerous times having hit upon scriptures that completed the puzzle that confronted me --> On a different note the Saudis are funding more madrassahs in the US.
Oh, was that the reason that you once posted that you were Catholic? And then that post went on to insult Baptists?
And didn't you say that your group believed in a Modalist God at one time? And then that Jesus was just a man?
Contradictory statements all the time...
And yet the Eucharist is symbolic.
Your doctrines were defined as Truth against heresies by the Catholic Church in various councils as was your Scripture.
“To be deep in history is to cease to be protestant.” John Cardinal Newman
The Bible you poured over was translated by someone. It takes quite a bit of conceit to believe that one has come to faith in Jesus without the aid of any other human. Just the fact that you have Scripture to read, means that you have heard about Jesus because of other humans as in those who cooperated with God to write them. What I was speaking of is quite different that reading a verse and seeing in it something new or to have a question answered when reading Scripture.
“You nor anyone you have come in contact with obviously have never encountered such a thing...That certainly does not make it not so... “
That is a pretty broad and bold statement from someone who knows nothing more about me than what I write on these forums. It is also dead wrong, but since being wrong is a habit of protestants here, I am not surprised by it.
Feeling fellowship with other Christians is not the same as unity. I think the tares are pretty comfortable among the wheat as well.
I also did not say I feel sorry for you. I sad the disunity saddens me. That misunderstanding between what was written and how it was taken, explains a lot.
“While you are sitting amongst the flames that they told you was purgatory, we’ll be in heaven worshiping Jesus...”
I will leave that one untouched as the hubris speaks for itself.