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To: TexConfederate1861
quote the passage. it doesnt say that

Here's the link: http://www.trueorthodoxy.org/heretics_protestants.shtml Go back and read it yourself, I pasted several passages that said exactly that. Just 'cuz I'm a nice person, here are the first three paragraphs from it:

The term ‘Protestant’ signifies the amorphous mass of non-Roman Catholic heresies formed since the 16th century in the West in contradiction or retaliation to the Roman Catholic Church.

Whereas the one dogma that binds all Roman Catholics past and present together is submission to the Pope as sole authority (thereby abolishing every other authority), the one dogma that all Protestants have in common is the rejection of the need for submission to any rule for salvation, other than one’s own private opinion (about everything).

Undoubtably, within Protestantism there are many opinions and contrary beliefs, but they all base their religion ultimately in a rejection of external authority as needed for salvation. What Rome began with rejection of all authority save that of the Pope, Protestantism finished by rejecting the authority of the Pope as well. This results in an indifference to and a severance from the Body of Christ, the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, the sole Church founded by Him and His Apostles.

2,504 posted on 11/16/2011 11:15:17 PM PST by boatbums ( Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us. Titus 3:5)
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To: boatbums

EO do not accept the authority of the pope in the same way as the RC’s do.

Therefore, by definition, they must be Protestant (heretics).


2,508 posted on 11/17/2011 12:25:06 AM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: boatbums

His Grace, the Bishop was speaking of what the ROMAN Catholics believe. NOT that he or the Eastern Orthodox believe.

We have never accepted the doctrine of Papal Supremecy.


2,510 posted on 11/17/2011 6:12:53 AM PST by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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