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Are Protestants/non denominational?
still struggling to convert RC, Orthodoxy, LDS (Mormons), JWs, Muslims, Hindus, Jews.
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- ANONYMOUSLYLv 63 months ago
IF YOU WERE TO LOOK INTO IT VERY CAREFULLY, AND IT IS EVERYONES DUTY TO DO SO, YOU WILL LEARN, THAT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THE ONLY ONE JESUS(GOD INCARNATE) STARTED, IT IS 2000 YEARS OLD ALL THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES ARE AT MOST 500 YEARS OLD. JESUS GAVE HIS CATHOLIC CHURCH THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF HIS CHURCH EVEN BEFORE THE BIBLE WAS FIRST FORMED BY HIS CHURCH. NO ONE HAD THE BIBLE BEFORE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FORMED IT. HIS CHURCH IS A PACKED GOD MAN WITH IT THAT WILL LAST FOREVER. SEE HERE FACTS AND ESPECIALLY THE LINKS, PLEASE READ ALL>>>>>>>>>>>>
JESUS SAID TO PETER, PETER YOU ARE MY ROCK, ON WHICH I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH(UNIVERSAL)(ROMAN CATHOLIC) AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT. THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WERE INTRODUCED BY JESUS HIMSELF(CONFESSION, WHAT SINS YOU FORGIVEN ON EARTH, THEY ARE FORGIVEN) NOW, HOLY COMMUNION(JESUS BROKE BREAD AND SAID THIS IS MY BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU, THEN THE WINE, THIS IS MY BLOOD WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME. AND NOW BAPTISM, WHICH IS THE TRUE BORN AGAIN MEANING, AND THE MEANING THAT GOD IS THE TRINITY. WHEN JESUS SAID YOU MUST BE BAPTIZED WITH WATER, AND IT MUST BE IN THE "NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. IF NOT DONE THIS WAY, IT MUST BE DONE OVER, THIS IS JESUS'S WORDS, NOT MINE.
SO YOU SEE PETER WAS THE FIRST POPE(EVEN THOUGH THEY DID NOT USED THE WORD POPE AT THAT TIME) AND JESUS INTRODUCED THE SACRAMENTS OF HIS CHURCH, EVEN BEFORE THE BIBLE WAS FORMED BY HIS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, NO ONE HAD THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE BEFORE THE CATHOLICS AND THEY WERE THE FIRST CHRISTIANS EVER..
SEE HERE FACTS>>>
THE ONLY CHURCH STARTED BY JESUS HIMSELF WAS THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THEY ARE THE FIRST CHRISTIANS EVER AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT, SEE WHY OTHERS RELIGIONS SPRANG UP AFTERWARDS>>
BUT IF THEY DONT WANT TO LISTEN TO JESUS AND HIS CHURCH, THEN HE WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH YOUR FREE WILL, WHEN JESUS STARTED HIS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IT WAS ONE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, BUT GOD KNOWING MAN LET THIS HAPPEN AND THATS WHY THERE ARE SO MANY PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS, >>>
MARTIN LUTHER A CATHOLIC PRIEST
DECIDED HE DID NOT AGREE WITH ALL THE TEACHINGS AND
BECAME A HERETIC AND WAS EXCOMMUNICATED FROM THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH, HENCE 39,000 PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS. SEE HERE WHERE ALL CHRISTIANS WERE
CATHOLIC AT FIRST AND ALSO HAVE THE ONLY TRUE BIBLE >>>>>>>
The ONLY Christian church in existence for the first 1,000 years of Christian history was the Roman Catholic Church. All other Christian churches which exist today can trace their linage back to the Roman Catholic Church. Most non-Catholic churches which exist today are less than a century or two old by comparison. ALSO TRUE BIBLE READ>>>
The Catholic Church is entirely responsible for the composition of the Bible, which books are included, as well as the breakup of the chapters and verses. Protestants have removed some books of the Bible because some of the verses were inconsistent with their theology. Martin Luther was a prime offender in this regard, removing Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach and Baruch. He also made an effort to remove James and Revelations, but this was rejected by his followers and those two books were kept. Catholics are often accused of "adding" the books, but despite this common belief, it is false. Older, pre-Protestant, Catholic translations of the Bible include them.
NOTE, WHO FOUNDED YOUR CHURCH, CHRIST OR MAN, SEE HERE AND BELIEVE>>>>
- UserLv 73 months ago
There are non-denominational Protestants
and
denominational Protestants.
As one might expect
most are denominational.
- Annsan_In_HimLv 73 months ago
The term 'Protestant' came about a bit after Martin Luther got going in the early 1500s. There's a lot of misunderstanding about what the word 'Protestant' means. The word did not apply until the Second Diet of Speyer in 1529. (Those who misunderstand the word 'Protestant' will also likely misunderstand the word 'diet' in this context, and 'Worms'!) Let me quote from the book below:
"The Edict of Worms was reaffirmed only for Catholic territories. Provisionally until the meeting of the general council Lutheranism was to be tolerated in those regions where it could not be suppressed without tumult. In Lutheran lands the principle of religious liberty for Catholics must be observed, whereas in Catholic lands the same liberty would not be extended to the Lutherans. Against this invidious arrangement the Evangelicals protested, whence the origin of the name Protestant.
"They contended that the majority of one diet could not rescind the unanimous action of the previous assembly. They questioned whether this was the intent of the emperor, and on that score they were correct. They affirmed that they could not have two religions side by side in their territories without menace to the public peace, and if their plea was not heard, then 'they must protest and testify publicly before God that they could consent to nothing contrary to his Word.'
"Their stand has been variously misrepresented. In the Protestant camp the emphasis has been all too much on the first word, 'protest', rather than on the second, 'testify'. Above all else they were confessing their faith. On the Catholic side the misrepresentation has been flagrant. The historian Janssen said that they were protesting against religious liberty. In a sense of course they were. Neither side was tolerant, but the objection was to the inequality of the arrangement which demanded liberty for Catholics and denied it to Protestants. In this protest the Zwinglians and Lutherans were joined."
Protestants align with that split from Catholicism, for those reasons, but sub-divisions of denominations did follow. Protestants collectively (irrespective of denominational tags) form the third main branch of Christianity. Some of the denominations you mention are neither Catholic nor Protestant, and some are pseudo-Christian. Just concentrate of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with whoever will listen, and the Holy Spirit will do the rest.
Source(s): Here I Stand by Roland Bainton, p 318 (Lion 1988) - 3 months ago
Do you find the word "Protestant" or "non denominational" in the Word of God (Isaiah 8:20)?
If not, your question isn't worth a SHYT!
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- DavidLv 73 months ago
The Holy Spirit is the one who converts. Often, but not always, through Protestantism.
- Anonymous3 months ago
I’m Protestants Denominational Thankc 4 asking me this stuff
- Anonymous3 months ago
NO THEY ARE NOT
THESE ARE PROTESTANTS
METHODISTS
EPISCOPALIANS
LUTHERANS
PRESBYTERIANS
NAZARENES
- Anonymous3 months ago
No. Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Christian Reformed, Presbyterian, these and many more are all Protestant denominations.