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To: Jean Chauvin
"It was only the perversions after 600 A.D. (when the Roman Church became 'the' Church rather than one of many churches) which brought in the dreadful heresies the Great Reformers brought us out of!"

The "Reformers" were "Deformers." And none of them agreed with each other about everything. Calvin called Luther a dog and a pig. They called each other heretics. Zwingli was off on his own tangent too. So if you are a Calvinist you think Luther was a heretic. If you are a Lutheran you think Zwingli was a heretic. So the "Reformers" have all been called heretics by each other and by the RCC. So what the heck did they reform? It was not the RCC. But there are many "reformed" churches. Thousands of them. I guess you think that is a good thing?

7 posted on 07/27/2002 11:15:55 PM PDT by Theresa
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To: Theresa; Jean Chauvin; RnMomof7; George W. Bush; rwfromkansas
Your slander is incorrect.

Luther approved of and admired Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion," and believed the reforms which he set into motion were in good hands with John Calvin in Geneva.

Calvin called Luther "my much respected father who has denounced the darkness of the papacy" and a "great miracle of God."

When Catholics fail at debating doctrine, they fall back on the inconsequential fact that there's more than one Protestant church.

Sola Fide; Sola Gracia; Sola Scriptura.

9 posted on 07/28/2002 1:54:59 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
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To: Theresa; Jean Chauvin; RnMomof7
And it was Pope Leo X who called Luther a heretic.

Like it or not, the Reformers were generally united in their stand against the errors of Rome and their desire to return the church to its roots in Christ.

10 posted on 07/28/2002 2:07:47 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
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To: Theresa
What do you think of Henrich Bullinger?
23 posted on 07/28/2002 12:16:14 PM PDT by drstevej
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