Almost all of these take these "moments" take the individual as prior to society. Such a claim is certainly a Protestantism.
To take any or all of the divergences of Christianity, regardless of the time or nature of that divergence, as still fundamentally Christian; to take this to all be a single tradition eating itself; is nonsense.
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Right, now protestantism is suddenly no longer Christian, even though these people base everything they do around the same holy book as the catholics, again proving my poin.
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Why? Why is it nonsense?
[–] 16545709? ago
The distinction between Protestantism and Catholicism is enormous; go and read about the five solae.
Briefly,
Sola scriptura: Scripture alone must govern church traditions and interpretations which are themselves subject to scripture.
Sola fide: Virtue is not a means or requisite for salvation; it is by faith alone that salvation is granted.
Sola gratia: Salvation is an unearned gift.
Soli Deo gloria: All glory is due to God alone; no saint, pope or member of ecclesiastical hierarchy is to worthy of glory.
Solus Christus: The ecclesiastical class is unnecessary for the sacraments.
All of these contradict Catholicism and, perhaps, more importantly, the very concept of a tradition.
To be a Catholic, one must read and understand the bible as a Catholic.
To be a Protestant, one must read the bible.
By consideration of sola scriptura,
If I can define B by A, why can I not define A by B? Such questions cannot be answered by a text alone.
Inevitably, I require some ontology of interpretations so that I can define and understand a text. Without this, all tradition ceases.
To consider the various branches of Christianity to be at all similar, even if historically accurate, is theosophical nonsense.
[–] 16545706? ago
Calling yourself a christian doesn't make you a christian anymore than calling yourself a king makes you a king. When you are a follower of christ and live according to his teachings, you are a christian, otherwise you are not, no matter what you call yourself.