Catholic Faith alone

[theMutant]

Exporter:

It has only served to strenghten my stereo-types of many Catholics as ignorant. So many here accuse protestants of misrepresenting Catholics and then they do the very same thing. I constantly bring up historical Protestant doctrines in topics here and even when I explain what I am getting at, people still choose to squeeze all protestants into the 21st century Evangelical Baptist box.

I find this claim quite interesting. To begin with you accuse “so many here” of misrepresenting Protestant doctrines without giving even one example. We, on the other hand, have pointed out that our understanding of Protestant doctrine comes to us from Protestants themselves. Not just Baptists, but from many of the seemingly endless varieties of Protestant belief. Additionally, Melchior specifically addressed Luther’s own teaching; from which I quoted extensively to show that he taught exactly what I initally said he taught.

Since you have offered no refutation of this, I hope you’ll excuse this poor, ignorant Catholic for not accepting your stereotype.

 

[javelin]

Exporter:

Melchior,
It has only served to strenghten my stereo-types of many Catholics as ignorant. So many here accuse protestants of misrepresenting Catholics and then they do the very same thing. I constantly bring up historical Protestant doctrines in topics here and even when I explain what I am getting at, people still choose to squeeze all protestants into the 21st century Evangelical Baptist box.

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You can’t make a steak dinner out of Hot Dogs.

Exporter,

If you feel that your doctrine has been misrepresented, please offer corrections to clear up misunderstanding. Personally, I know very little about what separates one protestant denomination from another. I, at least, am interested in hearing the historical Protestant doctrine that you believe, and an explanation of how that is different from the box you feel you are being pushed in to.

Peace,
javelin