I’m impressed, Rag Hanger. I was never told anything about this connection in all my years in Southern Baptist Churches. It was never discussed. I told one of my best friends about it recently. She was shocked. She too grew up in the Southern Baptist Church. We are both in our 50’s.
Thanks. It’s not just us, though. Most Baptist churches I know of have similar classes. In fact, most require a basic working knowledge of Christian doctrine and Christian and Baptist history for membership.
And if Catholics took the Bible seriously, they’d be Protestants!If Southern Baptist took Church history seriously they would be Catholic!
Matthew
Protestants in general only study Church history from the reformation forward!And if Catholics took the Bible seriously, they’d be Protestants!
See? Two can play at that game. But, personally, I’d rather not because just hurling childish insults at one another isn’t very productive and I don’t consider it to be honoring to Christ…
But look at the bright side: now I know where to start putting people on my ignore list.
Back to the O.P. Where did we get The Bible?And if Catholics took the Bible seriously, they’d be Protestants!
See? Two can play at that game. But, personally, I’d rather not because just hurling childish insults at one another isn’t very productive and I don’t consider it to be honoring to Christ…
But look at the bright side: now I know where to start putting people on my ignore list.
It’s unfortunate that you would believe that but, given the many misconceptions about Protestantism I’ve seen here, not surprising.
We got the books that make up the Bible from the men who wrote them under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We got the canon of scripture from the Church.
Unfortunately it is true. I have many friends that are protestant. When ever religion comes up i will ask if they have ever read the Early Church Fathers? They have no idea what i’m talking about. What are the origins of The Bible? Most have no idea. They only seem to know what they have been thought. I don’t know what they have been thought but it certainly is not early Church history!
I’m sorry your friends are lazy, but that doesn’t negate the fact that it is taught. Our seminaries even have degrees in pre-Reformation history. Our church actually had to turn people away from our history classes last semester.
And they may not have. But that doesn’t mean that they didn’t have the opportunity within Protestantism to do so.
And did they take it upon themselves to seek out any of the countless resources within Protestantism? Did they go to another church to attend their classes? Did they contact a seminary? Did they go to the library? Did they go to Monergism.com and check out any of the more than five pages of pre-Reformation history resources?
If Southern Baptist took Church history seriously they would be Catholic!
If Catholics were Protestants who would they be Protesting?And if Catholics took the Bible seriously, they’d be Protestants!
See? Two can play at that game.
I’m just speaking from experience from the protestants i know…and i’m in the Bible belt!
Same answer I gave you last time you asked. If my answer was not clear enough for you, then you may ask me to clarify it for you. But don’t ignore it. That’s just rude.
Where i’m i being rude! You have NOT answered my or the op’s question.
Sane answer I gave the first time. Do you disagree that the Bible was canonized by the Church?
I know your post is a response to Matthew P Muehl; but you are painting a picture of Protestantism that I’ve certainly not encountered. I grew up in Southern Baptist Churches and have friends who are fundamentalist/evangelical Christians. Most concentrate on Scripture and have no clue about the history of Christianity.
I’m sorry that your experience was not a typical Protestant experience. If it had been, I believe you would have found it quite satisfying.
I don’t know what a “New Life” church is, but it doesn’t sound like she would fit in very well at any of the Protestant churches I’m aware of.
I grew up in a moderately large SBC church. There was no formal course or study required for church membership, no emphasis on church history, no classes in these things, AFAIK. My father, a book person (who would have thought it?) had considerable Church history around the house, and I knew the origin of the SBC from my own readings in history, but I don’t recall it coming up in any way at the Church.
Rag Hanger,
That’s ironic. It was the study of both Holy Scripture and the history of Christianity that led me to leave Catholicism.
