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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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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.
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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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.
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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?
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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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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.