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To: circlecity

Any Christian church that is not Catholic is considered ‘Protestant’ as in Protesting against the Catholic version of Christian worship.


73 posted on 06/10/2019 2:50:26 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country! Now)
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To: dirtymac; circlecity

Most formally (versus functionally: lower-case “a”) Anabaptist denominations are not Protestant. They trace their history as always having been separate from the Catholic and Orthodox factions.

I am not Anabaptist, but I have been in ministry, and have studied Church History (at a private Christian school). Calling all non-Catholics Protestants is simply inaccurate. (Would you call Greek Orthodox Protestant?)

I have personally known knowledgeable Anabaptists who were incensed by that false characterization. They wanted no more association with Luther or Calvin than with Erasmus.


74 posted on 06/10/2019 3:15:21 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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