Well; the Catholics are quite PROUD to announce they are catholic, Catholic, CATHOLIC!
Most Prots here base very little on which particular denomination they are in and will reply with quotes from the SCRIPTURES and very seldom post stuff from their Organization's leaders.
We do NOT need anything but ther Boopk!
(Thanks; Rome: you did a good job!)
Elsie:
Fair enough, still I recognize and appreciate you disclosing your Wesleyan Tradition.
As for quotes from Scriptures, well anyone can quote a scripture, but everyone interprets it through some lens, that be a particular theological tradition they were raised in (some more in line with the early Church than others). Thus someone who discloses I am Reformed, Wesleyan, Lutheran etc does provide a framework for a discussion to take place and to understand where one is coming from.
For a Catholic, the more recent American entrepreneur types (Joseph Smith, for example) and individuals who make theological arguments through their own lens (the individuals who interpret it through their own view) makes it very difficult for me at least to have a meaningful discussion (please note “discussion”, I have no interest in arguing with anyone here.