Such classic projection!
With a few exceptions, most "protestants" and other nondenominational, whoever they are, don't give a moment's thought to [Roman] Catholicism.
The churches I have attended over the years -- NO ONE make mention of "Catholicism", though I am aware some pastors and teachers do (or have).
I didn't and still wouldn't, if it wasn't being rubbed in my face everyday on the pages of FreeRepublic.
Yet I have learned, I have investigated, I have studied, digging after what truth can be found in history and comparing theological aspects even prayerfully so, for enough hours I should have at least a bachelor's degree in apologetics, by now-- I do think I've seen about all that can be said of it as far as this forum goes -- INCLUDING the sort of comments which you have just made -- dozens if not hundreds of times.
Try bringing personal testimony, instead of promotion or Romanism and then I may listen, if the sound can make it through the callouses many of your co-religionists have taken so much effort to force upon me and any of this forum who dares contend for faith in Christ and even His own Spirit that can be freely enough for from the narrow confines of the RCC.
Shoot--- it took centuries for the "magesterium" to catch on to that sort of thing much occurring, being that the same occurred without their own express written consent, and the reality of that also refuting portions of their own navel-gazing Churchianity.
Is it now? Catholics don't look to protestants for affirmation of what they believe. It is the exact opposite. Only by comparing and contrasting one's theological beliefs in the mirror of Catholicism can a protestant determine the veracity their beliefs
With a few exceptions, most "protestants" and other nondenominational, whoever they are, don't give a moment's thought to [Roman] Catholicism
It doesn't have to be a conscious thought. It has become so ingrained it has become a subconscious reflex. Faith alone. Christ alone, etc. Whatever form such affirmations take there is always the embedded rejection of the Catholic Church even if the person sitting in the congregration doesn't realize it.
Try bringing personal testimony, instead of promotion or Romanism and then I may listen, if the sound can make it through the callouses many of your co-religionists have taken so much effort to force upon me and any of this forum who dares contend for faith in Christ and even His own Spirit that can be freely enough for from the narrow confines of the RCC.
And yet any personal testimony I might bring to the RF has been preemptively dismissed by you as being restricted within the narrow confines of Roman promotion. So what's the point? The Roman Catholic Church is my personal testimony. Unfortunately, the protestant predilection for describing things in post-enlightenment terms and a pre-occupation with "man-made things" prevents them from understanding that the Catholic Church is not just a visible institution but an organism residing within the Body of Christ.