Varieties of non-Catholic Christianity: Difference between revisions
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Because non-Catholics disagree with each other as much or more than they disagree with the Catholic Church, there is only one true statement that can be made about all of them as a group: ''whatever they have kept from the Catholic Tradition unites them with Catholics; whatever they have rejected from or added to the Catholic Tradition separates them from Catholics.'' | |||
There isn't even a convenient label for all of the kinds of non-Catholic Christianities. The schisms in Christianity date to different times and places: | |||
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|align="right"|1054 | |||
|Schism between Roman Catholicism and '''Eastern, Orthodox Catholicism''' | |||
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|align="right"|October 31, 1517 | |||
|Martin Luther inaugurates the '''classical, mainline Protestant schisms''' | |||
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|align="right"|20th century | |||
|Rise of '''non-denominationalism'''; thousands or tens of thousands of independent Christianities that do not want to be called "Protestant" or be identified with any other kind of historic Christianity. | |||
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All it takes to launch a new version of Christianity is a Bible, a new interpretation of the Bible, and a collection basket. [[The essence of Protestantism]] is '''private judgment.''' There is no Pope of Protestantism. No Protestant can tell another Protestant what to believe. This is a formula for more splintering. In the end, there are logically as many different kinds of Protestantism as their are Protestants, each one saying: "Leave me alone. I've got my God, my Bible, and my way of life. That's all I need or want." | |||
== References == | |||
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* [http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/comparison_charts.htm "Comparison charts."] | * [http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/comparison_charts.htm "Comparison charts."] | ||
* [http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/a106.htm "The Facts and Stats on 33000 Denominations."] | * [http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/a106.htm "The Facts and Stats on 33000 Denominations."] | ||
[[Category:Protestantism]] | [[Category:Protestantism]] | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 12 March 2011
Because non-Catholics disagree with each other as much or more than they disagree with the Catholic Church, there is only one true statement that can be made about all of them as a group: whatever they have kept from the Catholic Tradition unites them with Catholics; whatever they have rejected from or added to the Catholic Tradition separates them from Catholics.
There isn't even a convenient label for all of the kinds of non-Catholic Christianities. The schisms in Christianity date to different times and places:
| 1054 | Schism between Roman Catholicism and Eastern, Orthodox Catholicism |
| October 31, 1517 | Martin Luther inaugurates the classical, mainline Protestant schisms |
| 20th century | Rise of non-denominationalism; thousands or tens of thousands of independent Christianities that do not want to be called "Protestant" or be identified with any other kind of historic Christianity. |
All it takes to launch a new version of Christianity is a Bible, a new interpretation of the Bible, and a collection basket. The essence of Protestantism is private judgment. There is no Pope of Protestantism. No Protestant can tell another Protestant what to believe. This is a formula for more splintering. In the end, there are logically as many different kinds of Protestantism as their are Protestants, each one saying: "Leave me alone. I've got my God, my Bible, and my way of life. That's all I need or want."
References