[boatbums]

So you are saying that the gates of hell prevailed against the Church only to be rediscovered 16 centuries later by Teutonic white Europeans because every Christian who lived before them was too stupid to understand the Bible? I’d say this is the height of arrogance. Maybe the progressives are right then that we get smarter as the years go by and that everything that came before becomes outdated. Protestantism=Liberalism

How did you conclude that from what I posted in #414? Natural Law contested that early church worship services contained Bible reading and preaching, I posted a link that showed Justin Martyr's description of just exactly that happening in those services. Who's being "arrogant" here? Actually, it sure looks like modern Protestant services are much closer to those of the early Christian church. I don't think "stupid" is the correct term, more like "deceived".

[rzman21]

“Actually, it sure looks like modern Protestant services are much closer to those of the early Christian church.”

Prove it! St. Justin the Martyr teaches transubstantiation, the Mass as a sacrifice, etc.

He’s hardly anywhere near what even a conservative “reformer” like Luther taught.

[rzman21]

“Actually, it sure looks like modern Protestant services are much closer to those of the early Christian church.”

Prove it! St. Justin the Martyr teaches transubstantiation, the Mass as a sacrifice, etc.

He’s hardly anywhere near what even a conservative “reformer” like Luther taught.