Sources of the Protestant Devolution

Catholic Stand ^ | November 6, 2014 | Matthew Tyson

[aMorePerfectUnion]

May God bless you and yours too.

[cloudmountain]

Thank you.

[verga]

Versa, I am a Christian that happens to Southern Baptist. We do NOT ordain women or have same-sex unions. Have ever read what we believe or do you believe everything 60 minutes puts on. I'm a very conservative woman and really don't like ignorant statements about my church.

Praise 103.9

(VIA CNN)Years before the nation’s capital legalized same-sex marriage in March, one church in Washington, D.C., opened its doors to gay couples as part of its mission to establish an “inclusive body of Biblical believers.” Pastors Christine and Dennis Wiley performed a 2007 commitment ceremony at their altar. That action split the historically black church, prompting half of the congregation to leave. Yvonne Moore not only left Covenant Baptist, where she had worshipped for nearly 40 years: she filed a lawsuit for her weekly tithes because, as she said, “They didn’t respect the members enough to listen to us.”

Praise 102.1

There were articles on CNN, 60 minutes and numerous other sites. I included links from Christian radio sources.

Second I said "Baptist" not SBC.

Third I seem to recall a split with the TBC a number of years ago over this very issue and IIRC the TBC makes up a rather large portion of the SBC.

[verga]

<>I>hey, you're stealing versa's line! :)

The name is VERGA and it is polite to ping them when you mention them.

[RegulatorCountry]

The name is VERGA and it is polite to ping them when you mention them.

Is that like the royal "we" or something?

[Iscool]

Nevertheless it is true. Your loss not to believe it.

Did a Fairy whisper that in your ear???

[verga]

Is that like the royal "we" or something?

Technically It could be. There is a rumor that my family is related to Giovanni Verga. He was a Sicilian Count and an author. Personally IO think if my family is related it is due to "illegitimacy" or "Slave adoption."

[zot]

Oh well, so much for trying to get folks to think about Christian unity.

Yup. Those who don't think about Christian unity don't want to. They would rather bash each other. Perhaps there are many rooms in Heaven so members of the various groups of Christians can snuggle together and pretend they're the only Christians in Heaven.

[PeterPrinciple]

; and displaced Christians will be left with two choices: return to Holy Catholic Church or give themselves to the world.

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If you read Revelations Chapter 2 and 3 you will see that the church has been off target since day one. It was so bad that Jesus threatens to remove himself (the lamp stand) unless...................................

The unless is the THIRD CHOICE if you care to read it and commnet.

[RegulatorCountry]

Family legends do make interesting stories, don’t they. I’m tenuously connected via possible ancestry to several historical figures in the United States, England and Ireland but wouldn’t claim to actually be related because it can’t be proved.

[CynicalBear]

"The Vatican and Vatican hill are included".

So says the Vatican.

[CynicalBear]

I'm mistaken??? Did you not see who said "The Vatican and Vatican hill are included".

I ain't the Vatican.

[ealgeone]

my apologies on both accounts.

[CynicalBear]

Those pesky pagan Catholics.

[Iscool]

The Vatican is on the west side of the Tiber. The seven hills were the Palatine, Capitoline, Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Quirinal, Viminal

Tiber has nothing to do with it...It's the religion of Rome which your religion is based on...Your theory is that Peter reigned from Rome...If Peter was supposedly buried at what currently is the Vatican, it was and is in Rome, the city built on 7 hills...The Roman Catholic religion...

The Vatican isn't really a city...It's little more than a religious compound within the city of Rome, The Whore of Babylon...

[ctdonath2]

Oh boy! Another Protestant-bashing thread, brought to you by members of the same ... well, suffice to say “pot, kettle, black.”

“And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, ...”

[Salvation]

Revelation is about the fall of the Roman Empire — code word Babylon in Revelation.

It is not about the Catholic Church.

[Iscool]

We only have to look at how so many Christians, those FIRST Catholics (Catholic means UNIVERSAL), were treated by the Roman Empire.

And then the Catholic religion became the Roman Empire...And the new Roman Catholic Empire still persecuted Christians...And universal doesn't mean Christian...

[Iscool]

Revelation is about the fall of the Roman Empire — code word Babylon in Revelation. It is not about the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church IS the Roman Empire...That's how it got its name...The Empire lost its political and military power the but the religion is still there, ready to be crashed by God...

[virgil]

Yes, you are mistaken. You left off half of that sentence. "The Vatican and Vatican hill are included in the Areas that were added to the city much later in history."

The Vatican was not one of the traditional seven hills of Rome. The Vatican is on the west side of the Tiber, the seven hills are on the east side.