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To: jude24
Why do (some) Protestants define themselves in contrast with Catholicism?

That's a good question, because I do not know any Catholics who take a similar view towards their brother Protestants. While I cannot answer for the typical Protestant, I would venture to say that some groups tend to vilify the Catholic Church so as to justify their current theological stance - hence, the hatred of some towards the Church. The very term "Protestant" is a contrast to what they are protesting against.

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515 posted on 03/05/2007 4:04:20 AM PST by jo kus (Humility is present when one debases oneself without being obliged to do so- St.Chrysostom; Phil 2:8)
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To: jo kus

It's sort of the same thing as the way some Canadians define themselves relative to the US.


628 posted on 03/05/2007 10:19:22 AM PST by Huber (And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. - John 1:5)
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