Sources of the Protestant Devolution

Catholic Stand ^ | November 6, 2014 | Matthew Tyson

[aMorePerfectUnion]

"The Catholic Church puts that number of different Protestant denomiations at 30,000; the Protestants themselves say there are 40,000 different denominations. Google it yourself; it's an interesting read."

We rightly put the number of individual Catholic denominations at millions, since Catholics around the world choose what they believe regardless of the positions of Rome - making their own truth.

[CynicalBear]

You are wrong. A lesbian just got the zot but claimed they take communion regularly in the Catholic Church.

[GeronL]

All of us believers are one church, HIS CHURCH. It doesn’t matter what the name is on the earthly building

[af_vet_1981]

He never told one person to leave any of those churches.

You raise a good point. Yet he did warn the specific churches, and look ... works, and it is found 12 times in the portion of Revelation (2, 3) dealing with the 7 churches.

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“That Baptism mark is still on your soul.”

A belief not taught in Scripture by the passage often quoted to support it.

[free-in-nyc]

"it still remains a significant tenant of Protestant Christianity."

OK, gonna hijack the thread for just a moment. Could somebody give these writers a quick lesson on the difference between "tenant" - someone who rents and occupies the property of another - and "tenet" - a belief or doctrine?

[Salvation]

Nevertheless it is true. Your loss not to believe it.

[Salvation]

What criteria?

First of all — The Vatican is not on one of the seven hills spoken of in Revelation. It is across the Tiber.

[Salvation]

Are you aware of the difference between impeccability and infallibility?

[verga]

Why not discover why those events occurred.

[verga]

You are wrong. A lesbian just got the zot but claimed they take communion regularly in the Catholic Church.

Get your facts straight, then come back here.

[zot]

I am tired of Roman Catholic bashing of Protestants and vice versa.

[ealgeone]

As Catholics, the Bible is not our sole source of authority, nor was the Catholic Church based upon it.

Wow...never was more truth said about the catholic cult than in this one sentence.

The catholic, by not having the Bible as the sole source of authority, now has to accept any other teaching.

For example, how can the catholic deny the Mormon's claim that the book of Mormon is not part of "tradition"?

For that matter how can the catholic deny the Islamic "tradition"?

This is what happens when you don't have the Bible as your source of authority on matters dealing with Heavenly matters.

FWIW...I am not a Mormon nor am I defending Mormonism. I merely point out that Mormon's claim their BofM is "another" teaching of Christ just as catholics claim is their "tradition". It is a cult, as is the catholic church in it's current teachings.

[Salvation]

Thanks for putting the vice versa in there. I believe there are many more articles posted that shed negative light on the Catholic Church than vice versa.

[kosciusko51]

You can say that until you are blue in the face, but just because you say it does not make it so.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Nevertheless it is true. Your loss not to believe it.”

The Holy Spirit baptizes [immerses] believers into the Body of Christ. He does not “make a mark on your soul as a Catholic.”

This happens at the moment a person entrusts herself fully to Christ for salvation. Not at physical baptism with water.

[cloudmountain]

You missed the point.
Mormons and Catholics complain all the time about negative posts while have no problem posting negative articles themselves.

I sure did. Sorry.

[ladyellen]

Versa, I am a Christian that happens to Southern Baptist. We do NOT ordain women or have same-sex unions. Have ever read what we believe or do you believe everything 60 minutes puts on. I'm a very conservative woman and really don't like ignorant statements about my church.

[Salvation]

Why are you trying to tell Catholics what to believe?

[CynicalBear]

>>First of all — The Vatican is not on one of the seven hills spoken of in Revelation. It is across the Tiber.<<

Well, let's see what the vatican has to say about that.

"The ancient city of Rome was originally built on the topographical layout of seven separate hills. These seven hills were joined together by the ancient walls of Rome- the Servian walls. The Seven Hills of Rome lie in the east to the Tiber River. Later many more areas were annexed to the city. The city walls were extended to include them also and the city is now much bigger than its original territory. The Vatican and Vatican hill are included in the Areas that were added to the city much later in history." [http://vatican.com/articles/rome/the_seven_hills_of_rome-a4131]

The Catholics using that lame "across the Tiber" doesn't work. "The Vatican and Vatican hill are included".