Saturday, August 29, 2009

Protestant?

Usually Christians are divided into 3 groups: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant. Obviously, Lutherans are not the first 2, so we must be in the third catagory, right? Well, I really don't like being associated with most of the so-called Protestants. I doubt that most know what they are protesting against. That central doctrine of Justification by faith alone will really only be confessed with us by some of the Presbyterians, Reformed, Anglicans and some Baptists. But the belief that Christ delivers his grace to us through Word and Sacrament is straight up rejected by pretty much every protestant group, especially by those Evangelicals who hijacked our awesome word.

so I looked up the merriam-webster def of protestant:

* Main Entry: 1prot·es·tant
* Pronunciation: \ˈprä-təs-tənt, 2 is also prə-ˈtes-\
* Function: noun
* Etymology: Middle French, from Latin protestant-, protestans, present participle of protestari
* Date: 1539

1 capitalized a : any of a group of German princes and cities presenting a defense of freedom of conscience against an edict of the Diet of Spires in 1529 intended to suppress the Lutheran movement b : a member of any of several church denominations denying the universal authority of the Pope and affirming the Reformation principles of justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of the Bible as the only source of revealed truth; broadly : a Christian not of a Catholic or Eastern church


See I agree with that narrow definition (which nobody thinks of anymore). I would like to be more catholic and orthodox (little "c," little "o").

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