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30,000 denominations taking this "Bible stuff seriously," and the number is growing. I prefer to stay with the Church that wrote, canonized and preserved Sacred Scripture, not the 30,000 churches that use Luther's abridged version

"30,000 denominations" is a Romanist Lie.

In all due respects, there is no more "difference" between the Dutch Reformed and the Scot Presbyterians than there is any "difference" between the Russian Orthodox and the Anthiochian Orthodox.

Yes, the Antiochian Orthodox shave their beards, horror of horrors.

And we Scot Presbyterians make fun of the Dutch Reformed for their "Klompen Dancing", all in good fun... mainly because Scot Presbyterians ain't got no Rhythm.

But it's all the same Doctrine, aside from the Diversities of National Liturgies. Scot Presbyterian is Dutch Reformed is Swiss Calvinist, and we trade Presbyters like Baseball Cards because it's all the same Church.

You gotta long way to go, "AquinasFan", if you wanna claim "Unity" as a justification for the hopelessly self-contradictory Morass that is Roman Catholicism against the Biblical Fraternity of Calvinist Protestantism. Aside from "kissing the Papal Ring", there is More Doctrinal Unity between the Scot Presbyterians and the Dutch Reformed than there will EVER be between Molinist Catholics and Augustinian Catholics.

"Protestantism" ~~ A bunch of doctrinally-disparate congregations who all REJECT the Supremacist Claims of Rome.
"Romanism" ~~ A bunch of doctrinally-disparate congregations who all PAY LIP SERVICE to the the Supremacist Claims of Rome.

Aside from "kissing the Papal Ring", the Many Disparate Congregations of Rome possess NOTHING like the Doctrinal Unity which is found amongst Calvinists.

Y'all just have a slavish obedience to a Papal Crown which is found NOWHERE in Scripture, while you disagree on everything else... meanwhile, we Calvinists have a lovely TULIP garden on which we ALL agree -- planted by God, watered by the Prophets, and Cultivated by the Apostles, the 6,000-year-old Church of Jesus Christ (Even you Romanists claim that your "church" is only 2,000 years old -- how very Sad. How very NOVEL.)

Here's a link to the Vatican and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Please provide me a link to the Catechism of the 30,000* Bible-only denominations. Either that, or tell me what all "Bible Only" churches agree upon.

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*According to David Barrett et al, editors of the "World Christian Encyclopedia: A comparative survey of churches and religions - AD 30 to 2200," there are 34,000 separate Christian groups in the world. "Over half of them are independent churches that are not interested in linking with the big denominations." 1

we Calvinists have a lovely TULIP garden on which we ALL agree

Lovely and picturesque. It is interesting to me the a flower was introduced to this discussion because I was just enjoying some GK Chesterton, -- Aquinasfan I think you'll appreciate this more than O.P. (respectfully, an obligatory ping) -- he had this to say:

The human brain is a machine for coming to conclusions; if it cannot come to conclusions it is rusty. When we hear of a man too clever to believe,... it is like hearing of a nail that was too good to hold down a carpet; or a bolt that was too strong to keep a door shut... Man can be defined as an animal that makes dogmas. As he piles doctrine on doctrine and conclusion on conclusion in the formation of some...philosophy or religion, he is ....becoming more and more human. When he drops one doctrine after another in a refined scepticism, when he declines to tie himself to a system, when he says that he has outgrown definitions... holding no form of creed but contemplating all, then he is by that very process sinking slowly backwards into the vagueness of the vagrant animals and the unconsciousness of the grass¹ . Trees have no dogmas. Turnips are singularly broad-minded. Heretics

¹ tulips! :-)

GK Chesterton is too good to go unshared. FReegards!