To: The Grammarian
There are a number of places where I don't think reconciliation between Protestants and Roman Catholics is possible, but to paraphrase Hauerwas, one cannot be truly Protestant and not long for visible as well as spiritual unity among Christians. The essence of Protestantism is not simply that we are against Roman Catholicism, but also that we are for (pro testari) the true form of it.So WHICH one of the 30,000+ different Protestant denominations have the "true form of it" (Christian unity)?
It can't be ALL of them as they are so very different from each other. Some? A few? 14 of them? How many?
To: cloudmountain
So WHICH one of the 30,000+ different Protestant denominations have the "true form of it" (Christian unity)? None.
And neither can Catholicism make that claim because its hardly unified itself.
Just ask the EO.
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07/28/2014 8:20:46 PM PDT by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: cloudmountain
So WHICH one of the 30,000+ different Protestant denominations have the "true form of it" (Christian unity)? It can't be ALL of them as they are so very different from each other. Some? A few? 14 of them? How many? The vast majority of Protestant denominations teach very similar doctrine on the 'essentials' of the faith. If you ask me which I think has the "true form of it," that is to say, the true form of the Mass and of Christian doctrine, I would point you toward my own church (surprised?) and also point you toward those denominations which, regardless of specific liturgical practices, hold similar core doctrines.
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