93148e No.719994
Since we have so many arguments, I thought it would be nice to have something different for once. The purpose of this thread isn't to argue or discuss our difference, but to interact how you would with brothers in a church. I'm a Baptist personally (well a bit different from most but no two people have the same relationship with God) but I was always under the assumption that Orthodoxs and Catholics were also my brothers in Christ. So I'm just going to point out things I really admire about them.
>Catholic Priest garments. Truly /fa/
>Catholic and Orthodox Churches are always strikingly beautiful
>Pretty much all art created by both
>The Church fathers that originally compiled the Bible as we have it now
>Both Ortho and Catholic saints; their lives were always an amazing inspiration for a Godly life
>While it's always a trait I find in Christian brothers, every Orthodox I met had great intergrity and were always trustworthy
>Both would happily receive me in their churches like I would in mine
We are all three siblings of the same Father; to me, Orthodox is like the oldest but most mysterious brother because I don't really know what he does, and Catholics being the middle child that was always around to help me with my homework. Like a big happy imperfect family. I love you Orthodorks and Cathonerds.
>tl;dr unite together to laugh at pagans
9954df No.719995
4b616c No.719997
>>719994
Good post. A man who lives a life close to God no matter the denomination is closer to me than a man who claims to worship God but does nothing of the sort.
cf0b1b No.719999
>>719994
Quality post.
God bless you and your beloved ones.
t. Ortho
f713b8 No.720008
894226 No.720011
>>719994
>unite together to laugh at pagans
I would rather pray that they come to the righteous path. Laughing at them does no good.
707d32 No.720013
Orthodox here. I love Baptists dedication to the Scripture, it shows real seriousness in their search for the Truth.
God bless you.
93148e No.720022
>>720011
Well obviously you big dummy, I don't think anyone seriously condemns unbelievers here. I meant more like Elijah mocking the followers of Baal.
5a3f4b No.720030
We need to get our beads together on this. It's one of the reasons I don't mention /christian/ to my Christian friends because of all the sectarian mudslinging.
This purity spiraling is SJW behavior and will hinder outsiders from taking the bread pill. Keep track of the long game.
7a539d No.720033
This is awesome. God wants his church united. May we all grow closer to the truth And may the non-liturgical prots learn to love their mother Mary
676f1e No.720036
276545 No.720047
Greta thread, op, much love from a cathobro here. I certainly don't mind baptists and orthodox, like you said we're all brothers in Christ here. In my eyes, I'm catholic mostly because that's how I was raised, and it's the same for most orthodox and Baptists I'd imagine.
5b9ae4 No.720076
Not apart of any denom but this is how I also feel about this board and our collective faith in Christ. Thank you Sister (?)
bump and based
d3e6b0 No.720233
>>720033
Nice Marian trips
c47402 No.720299
>>719997
Agreed. With the number of lukewarms there are today I feel more kinship with a serious Baptist who lives the word of God than I do your average Catholic who treats the church like a social club
e5bdbe No.720310
>>720299
I pretty much feel the same; I think the biggest reason we fight so much is because we agree on so much except for a few big stumbling blocks.
false-flagging fedoras don't help either
4cf49e No.720333
I am not going to pretend like the Crusaders were holy and good. They sacked Jerusalem and killed many Christians. They also killed many Christians in the Middle East. There is nothing holy about attacking Muslims in offensive wars, or killing your Christian brothers.
7fde27 No.720334
>>720333
^This Saracen finna 'boutta get dabbed on
1c9752 No.720344
>>720333
>There is nothing holy about attacking Muslims in offensive wars
"If you kill your enemies they win" - Anon
4cf49e No.720362
>>720334
I am a Christian. DEUS VULT larping isn't going to save any souls.
>>720344
There is nothing virtuous about killing innocents. Sacking cities with large Christian populations, killing thousands of innocent Christians and Muslims isn't the will of God.
e90cd0 No.720376
>>720310
There are no false flagging atheist some of your brothers are just arseholes.
564a7b No.720386
Imagine how beautiful this board would be if the inter-denom arguments were confined to their own thread! I can only imagine how strange the bickering must seem to visiting non-Christians. The world ought to know us by our love…
I'm firmly Catholic, but in the real world, I'm happy just to meet a devout Christian of any kind. The Internet makes it very easy to define people based on differences, rather than our shared humanity and common goals. We're all children of God and brothers in Christ, and I pray we will all grow to embrace each other in love. God bless you, /christian/
d8b3d1 No.720411
>>720333
>The crusades weren't (generally) a response to chronic muslim aggression and expansionism into Christendom
And that's ignoring that the core muslim kingdoms were made up primarily of conquered Christians from their inception. Yeah there were ugly aspects to the crusades as there are in any war, but then the lesson is don't provoke a war with your aggressive actions, because the response cannot and will not be perfectly discriminatory between aggressor and associated innocent. And obviously things like turning on the Orthodox were needless, but again, if you're looking for a cultural or religious icon or movement which was free from sin or error, you won't find one (excepting Christ himself obviously).
>>720362
>Memes depicting Christians as brave and heroic won't save souls
>Being depicted as effeminate and cowardly, unwilling to defend yourself or others is much better
That's where you're wrong bucko. They say you'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but you're set on doing your damnedest with fly repellent.
4cf49e No.720416
>>720411
The people who are only attracted to it because they see people talk about killing Muslims aren't going to become faithful Christians through it. They'll post edgy pictures of Templars on facebook but they won't go to church, they won't study theology, they won't try to actually encounter Christ in their lives.
59bf08 No.720417
Glorious tread anon. I'm a cathanon, and I agree, having the same argument over and over again gets pretty tiring after a while. Some things I like about Baptists:
>tight knit communities, everyone looks welcoming and genuinely happy
>all the ministers I see seem to be high energy and on fire with the love of God
>the evangelical types constantly put in effort to bring atheists into the flock (street preaching, leaflets etc)
Hope all of you guys have a great day, God bless
72d524 No.720447
OP here, id probably changed. My church is hosting an apologetics event this Saturday and it got me thinking about other things I admire.
>Ortho and Catholic clergymen are very well studied and have a good genuine understanding of the word
>Latin mass is super neat
>Othto choirs are something incredible to hear
21d78f No.720460
>>720417
This is something that I as a Catholic admire about baptists and protestants in general as well.
Lots of high energy preaching and a congregation that's into reading scripture. Also like the soul winning that many protestant groups really excel at.
6b1668 No.720474
>>719994
Gadolig here, I somewhat admire the baptists for being the only non effeminate protestant denomination and not compromising and calling out the sodomites. We could do with more baptist converts
66c41a No.720503
I admire Catholics for their concern with and promotion for Christian unity.
I admire Orthodox for keeping the traditions of the original Christians alive and not changing anything.
I admire Baptists for their deep faith in the holy scriptures and for being the only Protestant group that hasn't cucked to liberal theology.
05d806 No.720511
Based anon.
Greetings from a Catholic brother.
05d806 No.720514
>>720299
Every baptist I've met on this board regardless of what they said about catholics is more Catholic than 90% who attend Mass in my parish.
412be9 No.720706
>>719994
nah, I'd rather hate Catholics
I'll stop hating them once they are no more
25766d No.720709
>>720706
Hating your fellow Christians? Sure they believe different, but you really hate them? If nothing else, wouldn't it make more sense to hate the Church rather than the Catholics themselves? Don't hate the people, if anything you should be praying for them.
a79270 No.720721
>>719994
This is the kind of thread this board needs.
412be9 No.720724
>>720709
>If nothing else, wouldn't it make more sense to hate the Church rather than the Catholics themselves
For practical purposes it doesn't make a difference. Just as they say "don't hate sinner hate the sin", but if you introduce the capital punishment for adulterers you will swiftly get rid of adultery too. Catholicism must die, and as many Catholics as are necessary along with it.
2674d7 No.720796
ah ah ah, not gonna work! I am Catholic, I wish we could work, for the time being, together to protect the core of the faith…but we won't. Humans are tribalistic in nature, once you side with a part of a whole, you would want to destroy the other side.
It's like the Conservative, the NeoCon and the Alt-Right positions: they sit on the same hill, but they are at one another throat; imagine when it comes to the eternal truths of God…
I oppose mass migration and want all illegal migrants to be registered and sent back; others will say this is not harsh enough, and that we must create pure ethnostates: for me that's wrong, and others are in agreement or disagreement with my position. Now, try to imagine how even more explosive the cocktail is when you mix God and who truly is worshiping Him in this, or as a factor alone for a dispute.
I grew up in an half-atheist family, later my father found the faith but I was left "incomplete", and took me many years and some terrible mistakes to come to God. I am Catholic, and I wish we could all work together; yet, it won't happen.
25766d No.720881
>>720724
Well shoot, it sounds like you're a hateful person who can't forgive others. I'll pray for you, Anon.
41ea8d No.720884
>>720796
This is what virtue signaling looks like on 8ch
02c3f9 No.720895
>>720376
I can recall at least two times that LARPagans have admitted to false-flagging.
granted it may have been the same guy but where there's smoke…
ba5923 No.720947
>>719994
At least we are Christians. That alone gives us more in common with each other than with the rest of the world.
>>720333
1df2b5 No.721080
>>720514
This attitude is kinda discrediting and underappreciating the sacraments desu. Admiring their faith more than the cafeteria Catholics is fine, implying they're more Catholic than people who are actually in communion with Rome (regardless of whether they're really faithful or not) is just plain insulting to the Church.
996425 No.721511
>>720881
>who can't forgive others
I can forgive, but forgiveness shouldn't be handed out too freely. Just as God forgives, but that doesn't mean you can go out and commit the same sin over and over. It appears to me that the only Christian way to live is to sin little, and forgive little.
>>720947
I have nothing in common with Catholics.
a33386 No.722106
>>719994
>tfw you notice that the crusader image has been flipped because he's genuflecting on his left knee and wearing his sword as if left handed.
wow.
Anyway:
Baptists -
>grew up baptist
>good catachesis for what they believe
>lots of biblical study
>lots of church activities
>integral community
>strong humanitarian/missional programs like samaritan's purse.
>rustic and unstructured, but generally excellent and truly exhortative homiletics
>outreach programs for children, the mobility impaired and the elderly – church vans. church vans everywhere. srsly, you could accidentally end up at baptist church waiting for the bus.
Orthos:
>desert fathers
>hesychasm
>byzantine chant
>icons
>theosis
03e2fb No.722176
>>719994
Baptists have zeal that many of us Catholics lack. I admire this about them.
2e46d0 No.722187
>>722176
Nothing is impossible, WITH God. There's your answer.
429291 No.722213
Thoughts on adopting "syncretic" practices from other denominations?
e.g.
>being a Protestant and following the Ladder of Divine Ascent
>being a Catholic and practicing Hesychasm
>being an Orthodox and diving into Catholic theology or evangelising
>abiding by the 72 instruments of good works in the Rule of St. Benedict regardless of denom
>fasting, giving, practicing asceticism and self-denial regardless
a79270 No.724246
>>722213
I like a lot of these crossovers.
d71d45 No.724322
>>722213
I think they are absolutely a good thing. I'm a prot but I follow a lot of Catholic fasting rules (e.g, no meat on fridays).
39007d No.724327
>>720706
>Not loving your enemy
>Not loving your neighbor as yourself
969abf No.724404
Could Baptist bros post some of their favorite Churches in terms of their architectural beauty? While Modernity has hit all churches it, sadly, seems like its hit you guys the worst.
6534ed No.724405
>>720706
This is the LARPer mindset.
f8a257 No.724426
>>722213
>being a Catholic and doing Hesychasm
That sounds really interesting. How does one 'do' hesychasm?
c5bece No.724574
>>724404
Consider the funding model: catholics fund churches top down, but autonomous baptist churches plant themselves and expand themselves
We also far and away spend a majority on missions
969abf No.724606
>>724574
That's fair, but in my area they're planning to build a new church and it looks practically like a College campus with the same International style as the building in pic related. When my sister showed me the pamphlet for it I nearly threw up in my mouth. Beautiful church btw.