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To: RnMomof7

No, unfortunately, the Protestants are not, as a community of faith, part of the Church, -- if they were, Luther's work to separate himself from the Church would have been in vain. Individual Protestants are, of course, mystically, and insofar as they are not in rebellion of mind, members of the catholic Church on which they rely for their salvation. But the Revelation subsists in the two apostolic Churches, Catholic and Orthodox, and they together are source of the interpretation of the Scripture. The insights individual Protestant communities may have into the Scripture are private interpretations.


1,766 posted on 01/19/2006 2:51:24 PM PST by annalex
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To: annalex
No, unfortunately, the Protestants are not, as a community of faith, part of the Church, -- if they were, Luther's work to separate himself from the Church would have been in vain. Individual Protestants are, of course, mystically, and insofar as they are not in rebellion of mind, members of the catholic Church on which they rely for their salvation.

The children of the reformation will chose to politely refuse any union with Rome

Eph 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

Church

ekklesia

1) a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly
a) an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating
b) the assembly of the Israelites
c) any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously
d) in a Christian sense
1) an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting
2) a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake
3) those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body
4) the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth
5) the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven

No mention of Rome or a Pope . An assembly of believers.

But the Revelation subsists in the two apostolic Churches, Catholic and Orthodox, and they together are source of the interpretation of the Scripture. The insights individual Protestant communities may have into the Scripture are private interpretations.

The "inclusion of the EO in your attempt to pacify and ingratiate yourself to our EO posters is noted, but they are no so easily deceived , they do not see themselves as subject to the Pope or Rome's teachings either . They are part of the church and not the church at Rome . I know you consider the scholars and teaching of our Churches as " private interpretation" and we let that pass as an expected insult from those that do not know any better, and repeat what they are told without question .

1,770 posted on 01/19/2006 6:04:32 PM PST by RnMomof7 ("Sola Scriptura,Sola Christus,Sola Gratia,Sola Fide,Soli Deo Gloria)
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