Is The Word "protestant" Still Applicable?

[jckinsman]

[quote name='Katholikos' post='1271736' date='May 12 2007, 03:07 AM']My favorite denom name: [b]Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptist.[/b]

Runners-up:

[b]The Church of God with Signs Following[/b] - the name applied to Pentecostal holiness churches that engage in the practice of snake handling and drinking poison in their religious worship services, based on Mark 16:17-18.

(Shoulda asked Budge if she handled snakes and drank poison.)

[b]Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God[/b]

[b]Duck River (and Kindred) Associations of Baptists[/b]

Likos[/quote]
And what if the Foursquare becomes Twosquare, are they not protestant anymore?...What about Onesquare????? Maybe they are protesting the protesters. What do we call them?????? And after that what should we call them????Then after those, what do we call them????..............................I know.....we'll call them RETURNING CATHOLICS! Welcome Home!

Edited May 12, 2007 by jckinsman

[hoosieranna]

[quote name='Paladin' post='1271837' date='May 12 2007, 09:48 AM']While there are some that still do that - and they are still rightly called heretics - there are others that have no beef with the Church, and the Church recognizes that. Check out [url="http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19641121_unitatis-redintegratio_en.html"]Unitatis Redintegratio[/url], the decree of ecumenism to see what the Church really teaches about Christian brethren separated from the See of Peter.[/quote]

The link was helpful and informative. Thank you for posting it.

[jckinsman]

[quote name='Nadezhda' post='1272007' date='May 12 2007, 04:12 PM']The link was helpful and informative. Thank you for posting it.[/quote]
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[jckinsman]

[quote name='Nadezhda' post='1272007' date='May 12 2007, 04:12 PM']The link was helpful and informative. Thank you for posting it.[/quote]
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[jeffpugh]

[quote name='jckinsman' post='1271922' date='May 12 2007, 02:23 PM']And what if the Foursquare becomes Twosquare, are they not protestant anymore?...What about Onesquare????? Maybe they are protesting the protesters. What do we call them?????? And after that what should we call them????Then after those, what do we call them????..............................I know.....we'll call them RETURNING CATHOLICS! Welcome Home![/quote]
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[Anthony]

[quote name='GodChaser' post='1271650' date='May 11 2007, 11:23 PM']I still protest the Catholic Church, not out of hatred, but out of a desire to know God and do what is right.

Democracy is a messy thing, but it has allowed God to give people a real chance to find him, and not be forced.

How many of the billions of Catholics do you really think have gotten into heaven since its inception?

How many of the millions, maybe even billions of Protestants have gotten into heaven since its inception?

How many pentecostals have gotten into heaven?

Who knows, only God knows.

According to Akalyte, all Catholics probably, and no protestant or other has ever entered into God's glorious grace in heaven.

Such an open mind Akalyte. But I've come to expect that from you.

BTW, the Catholic Church isn't the whore of Babylon, though she controls it. Benedict is probably her lap puppy![/quote]

Hey, that is extremely rude and inappropriate. Debate, but do not insult. Such lack of charity has no place on phatmass.

[RandomProddy]

"Protest" is derived from "Pro" meaning for, and "Testuare" meaning testament, or testimony.

[LouisvilleFan]

[quote name='RandomProddy' post='1274903' date='May 16 2007, 07:41 AM']"Protest" is derived from "Pro" meaning for, and "Testuare" meaning testament, or testimony.[/quote]

That's an interesting thought... so if you just shift the meaning of "Protestant" to say you're "promoting testimony of the Gospel" instead of "protesting Catholicism," then... well... guess that means we're all Protestants! Sweet! I can't wait to tell my Baptist friends!

[goldenchild17]

I believe Vatican II has addressed this question directly in one of its documents (I'd have to go and look up which one). I'm pretty sure it decided that Protestant was no longer a term that was applicable. That said, I agree with Akalyte.