Sources of the Protestant Devolution

Catholic Stand ^ | November 6, 2014 | Matthew Tyson

[kosciusko51]

Jesus was “Pop Christianity” to the Pharisees, who never thought they deviated from God, even though they added to the Word of God with their traditions...

[hinckley buzzard]

...except in the Orthodox Church!!!!Very true. Of course the bulk of the article was about protestants.

[editor-surveyor]

Same old same old!

Catholics saying “we are right because our man made rules say so.”

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[cloudmountain]

Protestants bailed out when they accepted artificial birth control in the 1930s, leaving the Catholics alone to battle Hollywood and pornography. (apologies for the redundancy) We held-sway until the sexual revolution, then all hell - quite literally - broke loose. A downward spiral since. Morality drives the culture, the culture drives politics, and the vicious cycle begins.

I guess you're saying that SIN is still hanging around, no matter how much some people REFUSE to call their perverse, un-Godly, immoral behavior SIN.

We AREN'T any worse than the sinners of 10,000 years ago. There are just LOTS MORE of us around. For all human history I think that people have always tried to justify their sins.
THAT was the sin of Adam and Eve: pride, the original sin.

[DaveyB]

The reason for my utter lack of shock lies, interestingly enough, within two of the critical tenants of Protestant Theology: the doctrines of sola scriptura (scripture alone) and sola fide (faith alone).

The author misses the point of the 5 solas. The protestants he is concerned about did not apostatize because they held to the five solas, but because they abandoned them. Roman Catholics have little to strut about as well, they have their scandals, their homo-lobby and their ongoing inclusion of the likes of Nancy Peolsi. This schadenfreude is to the author's shame.

[RFEngineer]

“I’m not among the ilk who believe that Protestants can’t go to Heaven, though the path is significantly more challenging”

This is funny stuff!

[jafojeffsurf]

Great Article, It has been in my thoughts and Heart for a long time. One of the things I Pray for is May God Shepard them Back Home to his Church on Earth.

God Bless

[Salvation]

The firs line sort of tells it all, doesn’t it? Not staying with the Bible has its consequences.

**the largest Presbyterian denomination in America voted to allow their clergy to perform same-sex “marriages” within the church, thus joining the ranks of other Protestant denominations, such as the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Episcopalian Church, and United Church of Christ.**

[Salvation]

The Catholic Church is NOT the Whore of Babylon.

Read it again — she sits on one of the beasts.

[Salvation]

Oops.
The first line sort of tells it all, doesn’t it?

[kosciusko51]

Not staying with the Bible has its consequences.

You are correct, they strayed from the Bible. And this is the consequence of their actions.

[raygunfan]

and ironically, your very post notes 11 fractionated denominations of christianity, thank goodness they have adhered to Christ’s prayer in the garden, to REMAIN AS ONE.

[boatbums]

The problem is not with Protestantism; the problem is with Hegelianism, Romanticism, socialism, and progressivism. The Protestant denominations that have stuck to sola fide and sola scriptura, such as the PCA and ARP with Presbyterians, LCMS and WELS with Lutherans, and the Southern Baptist Convention, Wesleyans, Assemblies of God, Word of Faith, and Church of God in Christ, have not succumbed to the devolution of doctrine or practice.

Exactly! Thanks for saying so. It's when people LEAVE the truth of God's word and its authority OVER all Christians, that they are open to relativism. Even the Roman Catholic church, which likes to pronounce it alone, above everyone else still holds to the ancient faith, continues to present a leadership that is like the white walled sepulchers Jesus condemned in the religious leaders of that time and which spills over to its members who reflect that same hypocrisy:

"You blind Pharisees, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. "So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. (Matt. 23:26-28)

It is sola Scriptura and sola fide which truly is the remedy for secular infiltration of denominations, because it is ONLY through faith that God's grace is given to us and it is a faith that perseveres in spite of all that the evil world throws at it.

[verga]

The Protestant denominations that have stuck to sola fide and sola scriptura, such as the PCA and ARP with Presbyterians, LCMS and WELS with Lutherans, and the Southern Baptist Convention, Wesleyans, Assemblies of God, Word of Faith, and Church of God in Christ, have not succumbed to the devolution of doctrine or practice.

Not true, the Baptists are ordaining women and celebrating same sex unions. 60 minutes had a piece about a woman suing her Baptist congregation over this. In 25 years or less the Catholic Church will be the only one standing against gay "marriage."

[Moonmad27]

Sorry - no matter how much anti Protestant stuff is posted on FR, this ex-Catholic now Missouri Synod Lutheran is staying protestant.

[x]

Very naive article. There just isn’t that much difference between Catholics and Mainline Protestants on social issues nowadays.

[Salvation]

But you can come back to the Church at any time. You are a baptized Catholics and still are a baptized Catholic even though not active. That Baptism mark is still on your soul.

Sit down with a priest and get your questions answered. Believe me, you will come back, and we will welcome you with open arms.

[wardaddy]

Why do you do this...honestly?