/christian/ - Christian Discussion and Fellowship

I regularly receive the Eucharist in mid-week Anglican services even though I'm Baptist confessionally, due to being unable to attend Sunday services as often as I would like.

The Christian members of my family are largely Presbyterian, and while I disagree with them on infant baptism and some other adiaphora, agree with them on all the fundamentals of the faith, and we're very close as a result.

One of my closest brothers in the faith is Charismatic, and another, somewhat Pentecostal with a soupçon of Arminianism in his thinking; but both being Trinitarian and fully subscribed to Sola Scriptura, we get on like a house on fire with lots of delightful yelling and screaming and sick burns; and they're the first I turn to when tragedy strikes.

(That's 'when' not 'if', because we live in a fallen world)

So yes, in the proper sense of the word I'm pretty 'ecumenical' in my posture toward fellow believers, but I'm Protestant by conviction due to a number of evolved doctrines and dogmas within the RCC rendering me incapable of communion with the Bishop of Rome, and thus anathema to your conclave.

Oh just out of curiousity, how are you defining 'Protestant'; are you including apostate groups like the 'Word of Faith' movement, or even going so far as to include gnostic mystery religions like the Latter Day Saints and Jehovah's Witnesses ?

The Protestant Reformation had been de-facto completed; many Catholics believe in sola fide or Martin Luther's five solae despite what the Vatican has de-jure, and are studying the Bible in their native language.

It doesn't make sense to label everyone outside of Vatican approval/the Roman Catholic church as "Protestant," especially now that most Bible-believing Christians disagree with the Pope and the Vatican's politics.

The church is once again built of a living stone of all believers. We are Christians to be individually scrutinized by our doctrine.

>>855574

>Reformation had been de-facto completed

how so, protestants are a myriad of denoms that splinter evermore with the passage of time, not unite.

>many Catholics believe in sola fide or Martin Luther's five solae

They would have to be ignorant about their faith.

These doctrines in action produce the said splintering.

>what do non-mormons think of each other?

Too broad of a question to have a meaningful answer.

>>855294

Protestants are quick to say every other denomination is their "brother in christ" - except the denomination they just left a month ago, those people are bad.

>>855581

>protestants are a myriad of denoms that splinter

>These doctrines in action produce the said splintering.

2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings

2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

There was never a splinter to begin with. Christians are individuals and the church is spiritual - not entities ran like corporations. Decentralization is an ancient concept. Like McDonalds, the Roman Catholic Church will be around forever. But while many people hate McDonalds, we all like hamburgers. Faith isn't in a congregation's politics, and we see this with the disconnect between Catholic churchgoers and the Pope/Vatican. Christians are scrutinized by their doctrine and understanding of scripture as individuals and there are a handful of people in every denomination who gets it. It's not a matter of choose McDonalds or Burger King or you hate hamburgers.

>>855591

Those verses don't support theological corporate personhood. God isn't the Vatican, or McDonalds or Burger King sorry to break it to you. A denomination doesn't hold beliefs, a Christian does.

>>855294

They are our brothers and sisters in Christ

I hold to the Lutheran confessions and the Anglican Book of Common Prayer and attend a historically Anglican church that separated from Canterbury and has unity with other Protestant groups as our Denomination was formed by the mutual agreements of the Protestants in my region.

I will attend a high church service if present, but am ok with low-church if the need arises badly