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[–] 16545232? ago 

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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[–] 16545703? ago 

Almost all of these take these "moments" take the individual as prior to society. Such a claim is certainly a Protestantism.

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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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.

Why? Why is it nonsense?

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.