Anti-Catholic Protestant denominations

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You’re right. I was uncharitable to the Assyrians. I don’t know what came over me- I should delete my post.
But you surely know that Muhammad’s uncle was a Nestorian monk, right? I don’t think it’s possible that he “misunderstood” Christianity- it’s more reasonable to assume he took to heart his uncle’s Nestorian Christology. Further cementing this line of reasoning is the fact that many Nestorian Christians betrayed the Orthodox Byznatines during the Arab Conquest and became Muslims due to perceived similar beliefs.
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I don’t know if Jehovah’s Witnesses are even considered Christian, let alone Protestant, but that’s the sect I grew up in, and had all kinds of literature calling the Catholic Church the whore of Babylon, and other delightful epithets. I had relatives who were Pentecostal, and they were pretty much as bad. In fact, the only thing the two groups within my family could agree upon was just how awful they felt the Catholic Church was.
 
My half-brother is a Protestant fundamentalist, he is very anti-Catholic. He sees the Church as an apostate, even though we are the original Christians. Heck, my brother doesn’t even consider us Catholics to be even be Christians. He calls us Catholics “pagans”. That is a very classic argument for Protestants to describe us Catholics.

Baptists, evangelicals, historically are also very virulently anti-Catholic as well.

Classic arguments Protestants love to use against us Catholics: “Catholics pray to Mary and the Saints,” “they worship statues,” “they pray the Rosary,” “confession to a priest,” “they worship the Pope,” “they don’t do anything according to the Bible”.

I would say in the modern era however, we Catholics are much more charitable to Protestants than they have been towards us. After Vatican II we extended the olive branch, but many Protestants still see us Catholics as apostates.
 
One of my best friends is part of The Oneness Pentecostal church and they are VERY anti-Catholic. He’s also a Full Preterist, which is an oddity in itself because, the Apostolic churches don’t teach that view of eschatology.

I’ve been to his church more than once and to listen to how he explains their beliefs and from the literature he’s sent me to read, there is almost know love coming from the things I’ve read, but there such an arrogant tone, full of pride. It’s as if they are more concerned with being right, than wanting to convert others.
 
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I don’t know if Jehovah’s Witnesses are even considered Christian, let alone Protestant, but that’s the sect I grew up in, and had all kinds of literature calling the Catholic Church the whore of Babylon, and other delightful epithets. I had relatives who were Pentecostal, and they were pretty much as bad. In fact, the only thing the two groups within my family could agree upon was just how awful they felt the Catholic Church was.
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My in-laws are one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Even though they have never personally bad mouthed the Catholic Church directly to my wife and I; I’ve read many of their books and magazines and there is a definite anti-Catholic vibe. They’ve gotten more creative in their writings though. I own several of their early publications, from the early 1900’s into the mid 50’s and 60’s and they were unapologetically anti-Catholic.

However, their modern material is less focused solely on Catholicism, but rather Christianity as a whole. Yet, when I read their material, you can still find artwork depicting Catholicism in a negative way. Especially artwork which depicts their coming Armageddon and the end of this present system of things.
 
I’ve never met a Presbyterian in USA who had a problem with the Catholics. On the contrary, they tend to be the nicest and least judgmental Protestants around. “Mister Rogers” of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” was a Presbyterian, and he was pretty typical - super nice, very inclusive, never pushed his faith on anybody.

I understand there is a sect called Reformed Presbyterians that might be tougher to deal with, but I’ve never met one in person.

FWIW, my Presbyterian mother-in-law (whose father was Irish Catholic, mother was Reformed Presbyterian) could not stand Ian Paisley. Really disliked him.
 
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I’ve never met a Presbyterian in USA who had a problem with the Catholics. On the contrary, they tend to be the nicest and least judgmental Protestants around. “Mister Rogers” of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” was a Presbyterian, and he was pretty typical - super nice, very inclusive, never pushed his faith on anybody.

I understand there is a sect called Reformed Presbyterians that might be tougher to deal with, but I’ve never met one in person.

FWIW, my Presbyterian mother-in-law (whose father was Irish Catholic, mother was Reformed Presbyterian) could not stand Ian Paisley. Really disliked him.
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My main experience with Presbyterians is from two sources: liberal Presbyterians who think the Catholic Church is homophobic and misogynist, and my wife, a conservative Presbyterian who refuses to cross herself or bow in our Anglican Church because it would look too Catholic.
 
My Presbyterian husband wouldn’t genuflect or even bow in the Catholic Church either. He wasn’t afraid of looking too Catholic, he just didn’t believe in the Real Presence. I told him he should just bow anyway and think of God but he wouldn’t even do that much. Seeing as how he’s now dead I’m sure he now sees the error of his ways.

My mom worked with a Presbyterian minister’s wife at a charity shop for a while, they got along great. It was when the Presbyterian lady decided to leave that job and they put a Catholic manager in charge that my mom ended up quitting because the Catholic person was a real pain to work for.
 
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Yes, I had read that Paisley was a surprisingly diligent constituency MP. This was apparently because while he abhorred the Catholic Church he did feel some sympathy for individual Catholics who had been deceived into accepting the Church’s teachings. I have to say, I didn’t fully appreciate the importance of having a good constituency MP until I lost one. I recently had an email from my MP’s office saying that she couldn’t help with a problem I’d written to her about as it didn’t fall within her remit. This was strange, as her predecessor had been extremely helpful with addressing exactly the same problem, simply at an earlier stage of the process, and he certainly didn’t seem to think that it wasn’t within his remit. So if Ian Paisley actually did a decent job for the people he was elected to represent that is one redeeming feature.
 
It’s interesting to read a lot of comments suggesting that Baptists are very anti-Catholic. My experience has been rather mixed. I should explain that I am talking about British Baptists, who are, of course, the original Baptists, and not American Baptists, who I understand near little resemblance to the Baptists I know. My experience has been that Baptists should in theory be anything but anti-Catholic, but that in practice many of them are pretty hostile. In theory, Baptists have a fundamental commitment to freedom of belief, meaning that while they may disagree wholeheartedly with Catholic teachings they should uphold absolutely any individual person’s freedom to hold those beliefs. This is why Baptists supported the ritualists within the Church of England during the period when ritualism was a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment. They did not actually believe in ritualism, but they did believe in the right of Anglican clergymen to observe Catholic ritual in accordance with their individual beliefs.

Within the Baptist Church there is also supposed to be an absolute commitment to tolerating a very wide diversity of beliefs on all sorts of issues. I have sometimes found it rather frustrating to ask a Baptist to explain the Baptist position on any particular topic, as the answer is usually that every congregation and every individual believer is free to determine their own beliefs. As I say, however, I have also found that even among British Baptists there is a considerable degree of hostility towards Catholics and Catholicism.
 
I know of very few denominations that are specifically anti-Catholic as a rule. In my experience, serious traditional Protestants and serious traditional Catholics have more in common than either has with the laxer members of their own faiths! It’s almost always a mixed bag.

My guess is, the most consistently anti-Catholic Protestants would be those whose history specifically originated in a clash with Rome–the Lutherans and Reformed churches, for example. (Also the Eastern Orthodox churches, though that falls outside the Protestant-centered parameters of this thread.)
 
What’s the threshold of “anti-catholic” here? Surly it must be greater than someone disagreeing with catholic tradition?
 
I’d say it’s more like intolerance or vehement public disagreement or opposition.

It’s understood that a person who chooses to attend the local Protestant church instead of the Catholic church probably disagrees with Catholic tradition or he wouldn’t be attending the Protestant church. However, if the person can still talk, interact, work and socialize with, and generally get along with Catholics, and doesn’t go around publicly putting down the Church, then I wouldn’t call him “anti-Catholic”.

“Anti-Catholic” to me is along the lines of Ian Paisley, Jack Chick, or Dianne Feinstein’s “dogma lives loudly within you” comment. Basically, bigots.
 
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AlNg said:
Does it go both ways with Catholics strongly against some Protestant denominations, but more favorable toward others?
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Clasic red herring alert!
The OP is asking about protestant “denominations” not protestant individuals.

Peace!!!
 
In a lot of fundamentalist churches there is a lot of mis-information passed down from the pulpit about Catholics. The ministers themselves are also victims of what they have been taught. A great many have never set foot inside a Catholic Church.

I think one of the greater insults is having some of these individuals tell “Catholics” what “Catholics” believe. Many are highly uninformed and only parrot what they have been instructed. Notice I said “Many” not “all”. There are some who are interested in the truth but have never had it shared with them or have just taken an attitude of a closed mined.
 
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AlNg:
Does it go both ways with Catholics strongly against some Protestant denominations, but more favorable toward others?
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Clasic red herring alert!
The OP is asking about protestant “denominations” not protestant individuals.

Peace!!!
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The OP is unintelligible and was correctly asked by HopkinsRob in the second post for clarification. The OP has never responded to anyone, why do we feed the trolls?
 
I’m not trying to troll I had I genuine question. I stopped reacting to the responses after I got my answer
 
From what I understand, all Protestant denominations were at least not friendly to Catholiscm in their founding, and the Adventist movement (Seventh Day Adventists, Jehova’s Witnesses, and LDS) were particularly not-friendlier. Fundementalist Christianity seems to be even more not-friendlier in their founding and practice.
 
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