Schismality

Christian Order ^ | February 2023 | The Editor

[ealgeone]

ya know....the RCs wonder why we're not a part of their denomination.

gotta tell ya....with all of the anti-pope articles being dropped by roman catholics, it really isn't a good selling point.

Kinda makes what the Reformers did look pretty tame doesn't it?

[metmom]

Yeah, we’re criticized for rejecting Catholicism when they reject plenty within their religion as well.

They don’t want to accept Vatican 12 or Pope Francis even though both were voted on and approved according to Catholic protocol.

They are protesting where the church is going and yet, WE’RE the bad guys for being *Protestants* and they see themselves as champions of Catholicism while protesting the hierarchy’s decisions.

What cognitive dissonance. Maybe they’ll just write that off as a *mystery of the faith* as well.

[ebb tide]

I didn’t know we’re up to Vatican 12 now.

[ebb tide]

My faith is a raging fire.

I don't see it.

Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.
[Matthew 5:15]

[wgmalabama]

Wow. Just wow. No wonder the Roman Catholic church is led by a blasphemous, Antichrist.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“All Catholic vs Protestant threads fuel the enemy’s attempt to divide the church.”

Spot on, you nailed it

[wgmalabama]

Good answer and wise on your part. Too late to delete my response. I will try to stay off these threads. Thank you for the wise discipleship.

Reminder to self - Mathew 7:6

[ebb tide]

The Catholic Church is led by Jesus Christ. It’s the One Church that He established.

[boatbums]

"Unfortunate", ET? Hardly! As an ex-FRoman, I thank Almighty God every single day for saving me by His GRACE through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone and not by religious works that even you cannot find the assurance of your own salvation in. Do you KNOW you have eternal life? If not, why do you call God a liar? I pray some day you come to understand these truths.

Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son. And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. (I John 5:9-13)

[ebb tide]

The common hatred of ex-Catholics, turned protestants, of the One True Church has me even more convinced I’m in the True Church, founded by Jesus Christ.

Thank-you for strengthening my Faith!

[boatbums]

Yet you cannot affirm you are going to heaven when you die. Whose testimony are you believing - man's or God's?

Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son. And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. (I John 5:9-13)

[ebb tide]

I can absolutely confirm that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church.

[ebb tide]

“confirm”=”affirm”

[boatbums]

So says the Catholic Church - pre-Vatican II, that is. God on the other hand disagrees.

I’m not interested in carrying on this “discussion” with you. I already know how it will go. But I will continue to pray your heart is opened to the truth of the gospel and you come to know the blessed assurance that God desires us to have through Jesus Christ. Good night.

[ebb tide]

God on the other hand disagrees.

So now, you, like Bergoglio, can read God's mind?

I’m not interested in carrying on this “discussion” with you. I already know how it will go.

So why did you initiate it?

[reasonisfaith]

Thank you.

Your humble response to my post is a lesson to us all.