" . . . Whether the number is 33,000 or 3,300 differing denominations of protestantism the one and only unifying characteristic is their protestation of Catholicism."
To be convonced of this, to begin with, one must be bound in chains to the false notion that there are two and only two partitions of Christendom: Catholicism and Protestantism.
One must be oblivious to the historical truth that there have always been Christians who were never Catholic in the Vatican sense, nor Protestant in the Geneva sense.
And to continue in that kind of oblivion, one must believe that there is no history outside of that penned by Vatican sense Catholic authors.
Are there some who are really concinced of this?
" . . . Whether the number is 33,000 or 3,300 differing denominations of protestantism the one and only unifying characteristic is their protestation of Catholicism."
To be conv[i]nced of this, to begin with, one must be bound in chains to the false notion that there are two and only two partitions of Christendom: Catholicism and Protestantism.
One must be oblivious to the historical truth that there have always been Christians who were never [Roman] Catholic in the Vatican sense, nor Protestant in the Geneva sense.
And to continue in that kind of oblivion, one must believe that there is no history outside of that penned by [the] Vatican [RUBBER HISTORIED VULCAN MIND-MELD] sense [ROMAN] Catholic authors.