For Catholics: Would you consider yourself anti-protestant?

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rr1213 said:
It depends on what the Protestant believes and what his church teaches. It also works in reverse …“there is no salvation outside of the church”.
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That is true…but as you know we include you…imperfectly but you are part of the body of Christ…you know the rest…😉

CCC 838…“The Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by the name Christians, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter.” Those who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a certain although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church…
 
ALLFORHIM said:
Just curious;) …
would you consider yourself anti-protestant?😦
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I am not anti-Protestant, though I would consider myself pro-Catholic (because I am Catholic 😃 ). I understand anti-Protestant as “hating Protestants”.

I try to speak up on issues I do not agree in, sometimes issues misunderstood by Protestants regarding my Church, or point out issues on Protestantism that baffles me.

I currently have a multi-religious group of friends: Protestants, Muslims, Buddhists. I believe that in a way, God’s “spirit” also moves in their Churches–so who am I to “hate” them?

My bestfriends from highschool to college were all Protestants. So…nope…I am definitely not anti-Protestant. 🙂

God bless!
 
I am completely oppose to all doctrines of the Protestantism. I don’t have issues with individual Protestants themselves. I have major issues with the Bible Alone and Faith Alone doctrines.
 
Protestant religion…I am against what is against our faith. I side with John Paul II in trying to work with the similarities and move from there!

Protestant persons…HECK NO! I’d be in serious trouble if I did. My husband is protestant, my family and his family are protestant. Praise God my mother is Catholic, though I spent three years in the Church without her too.
 
I have to agree with the posters that spoke about the Protestants that think that Catholics are not Christian. I think those Protestants are anti-Catholic. I do not feel that Protestants are not Christian, so no I am not anti-Protestant.
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Beth
 
ALLFORHIM said:
Just curious;)

I have been reading alot of threads that just catholics are posting and I have seen some things written that are very negative toward protestants so I pose the question.

Im not accusing–just wondering. I figure since catholics accuse us(not all of us of course)protestants of being anti-catholic---------would you consider yourself anti-protestant?😦
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I try to treat all protestants with the same Agape Love that Jesus would however the incredulity to false doctrine can be a challenge to maintain ones objectivity.

The question might have been better posed to ask if I could trust protestants and if their betrayals have made me cynical toward them.
 
I certainly would not say that someone is not Christian simply because they are Protestant and to be totally objective, can you call someone Christian simply because they profess to be Catholic? I suppose it all depends on your definition of Christian. I have came across a whole variety of views in the Protestant faith. I’ve come across a lot of fundamentalists, I believe they are sincere people who have a love of Christ, but ‘not according to knowledge.’ I wouldn’t say I disagree with them on everything. I have came across Protestant who would say they have no difficulty in accepting Mary was mother of God and feel that Protestants are cut off from Mary so there are some very contrasting views in the Prostestant faith. Ultimately what I don’t like is the hatred of Catholicism which some people seem to have. I remember someone I worked with telling me I would go to hell because I was Catholic and I smoked. I asked this person if she thought all Catholics went to hell and she said ‘not the very good ones like Mother Teresa, but the one’s who drink, smoke and swear will.’ I was actually quite shocked as I didn’t believe there where people who really thought like that. Maybe she was an exception. I would like to think so.
 
minkymurph said:
I certainly would not say that someone is not Christian simply because they are Protestant and to be totally objective, can you call someone Christian simply because they profess to be Catholic? I suppose it all depends on your definition of Christian. I have came across a whole variety of views in the Protestant faith. I’ve come across a lot of fundamentalists, I believe they are sincere people who have a love of Christ, but ‘not according to knowledge.’ I wouldn’t say I disagree with them on everything. I have came across Protestant who would say they have no difficulty in accepting Mary was mother of God and feel that Protestants are cut off from Mary so there are some very contrasting views in the Prostestant faith. Ultimately what I don’t like is the hatred of Catholicism which some people seem to have. I remember someone I worked with telling me I would go to hell because I was Catholic and I smoked. I asked this person if she thought all Catholics went to hell and she said ‘not the very good ones like Mother Teresa, but the one’s who drink, smoke and swear will.’ I was actually quite shocked as I didn’t believe there where people who really thought like that. Maybe she was an exception. I would like to think so.
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As a Catholic I have encountered those who think ALL those outside the Church will be lost too even though the Church doesn’t teach this any longer.

Ignorance knows no bounds. Fortunately, neither does Christian love.
 
I don’t consider myself anti-protestant, but I do consider myself anti-protestantism. I’m not against protestants (the people), I’m against protestantism (the sin).
 
I desire my dear Protestants friend to be Catholic and I pray to God for that often during Mass.
 
ALLFORHIM said:
Just curious;)

I have been reading alot of threads that just catholics are posting and I have seen some things written that are very negative toward protestants so I pose the question.

Im not accusing–just wondering. I figure since catholics accuse us(not all of us of course)protestants of being anti-catholic---------would you consider yourself anti-protestant?😦
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I am 70 years old, I have taught Catholic religion for nearly 20 years from pre-school to adults, and have had many questions,and comments and I don’t recall anyone ever saying anti-protestant remarks. Many of them were converts to the Catholic faith. We talked about the differences in our beliefs and I tried to explain why we love and honor Mary, our heros the Saints, and of course why we believe in Purgatory. But no one has ever accused them of believing something they don’t. I have many protestant friends, some which won’t believe me when I try to explain that we DO NOT worship Mary or statues. More than a few are coming to understand us even if they don’t fully accept our way of belief. I find that most Catholics are not going around being Anti-Protestant, especially if they are busy being faithful Catholics.
 
carol_marie said:
I hope I would never come across as anti-Protestant. I came to know & love Jesus in Protestant Churches. I have many many friends who are wonderful Christians who walk with & serve the Lord. Most of those friends support my decision to become Catholic & we have a mutual respect for each other’s faith recognizing that we agree about Jesus & that’s whats most important.

Do I wish they were Catholic? Sure. But I think it’s not their fault that they aren’t. If someone would’ve told me 4 years ago that I’d be on the CATHOLIC side of the fence today, I would’ve laughed like crazy.

If I were anti anybody, it would be with Catholics who obviously knew little if anything about the Catholic Church, cross over to the Protestant side & then complain up & down about Catholics.
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I agree with you 100% and so we pray for the unity Christ prayed for.
 
La-Petite-Fleur said:
I don’t consider myself anti-protestant, but I do consider myself anti-protestantism. I’m not against protestants (the people), I’m against protestantism (the sin).
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La-Petite-Fleur this is in no way pointed straight at you, I just wanted to say this so you know I am not trying to ATTACK you… 🙂

Ok, I have read this so many times but something just keeps striking me in the head that I need to get it out… When I hear statements like these, from both catholics and protestants, it gets me a little frustrated.

People, YOU ARE YOUR BELIEFS. So if you hate a belief you essentially hate the person who believes it. I can tell you right now that what I believe is my very core. It’s WHO I AM. If I were to try to deny what I believe it would be like trying to cut out my beating heart without any antisthetic (I know I spelled that wrong). So when someone says they don’t hate me but hate my belief I first chuckle but then I am saddened by this because it truly feels like someone is saying that they hate me. I may not agree with the catholic faith on many levels but I in NO way hate it.

When you ‘rag’ on someone else’s belief you are ragging on them because that is what they believe. It makes them feel ‘less than’… What needs to happen is if everyone took on the role of understanding and try to find out what someone is believing instead of attacking them you will find a MUCH better response.

Two examples:

~When a protestant comes on here you find it much more pleasant and refreshing when the respectfully ask questions and if they disagree they don’t do it out of anger and you go away from the conversation not feeling huge frustration but looking forward to the next time when you can discuss beliefs and try to get them to see it from your angle. Right?

~When you visit a protestant site you prefer the ones (like mine) that don’t automatically shut you down and ban you because of your belief but let you talk openly and are able to ask questions regarding their beliefs.

I have a feeling that some of the issues that protestants and catholics have with each other is just because of anger. A lot of our beliefs come from the same core but are expressed differently.

So don’t say the whole, I don’t like protestantism but I like the individuals because I tell ya right now. You hate my beliefs then you hate me for they are WHO I AM.
 
Singinbeauty said:
La-Petite-Fleur this is in no way pointed straight at you, I just wanted to say this so you know I am not trying to ATTACK you… 🙂

Ok, I have read this so many times but something just keeps striking me in the head that I need to get it out… When I hear statements like these, from both catholics and protestants, it gets me a little frustrated.

People, YOU ARE YOUR BELIEFS. So if you hate a belief you essentially hate the person who believes it. I can tell you right now that what I believe is my very core. It’s WHO I AM. If I were to try to deny what I believe it would be like trying to cut out my beating heart without any antisthetic (I know I spelled that wrong). So when someone says they don’t hate me but hate my belief I first chuckle but then I am saddened by this because it truly feels like someone is saying that they hate me. I may not agree with the catholic faith on many levels but I in NO way hate it.

When you ‘rag’ on someone else’s belief you are ragging on them because that is what they believe. It makes them feel ‘less than’… What needs to happen is if everyone took on the role of understanding and try to find out what someone is believing instead of attacking them you will find a MUCH better response.

Two examples:

~When a protestant comes on here you find it much more pleasant and refreshing when the respectfully ask questions and if they disagree they don’t do it out of anger and you go away from the conversation not feeling huge frustration but looking forward to the next time when you can discuss beliefs and try to get them to see it from your angle. Right?

~When you visit a protestant site you prefer the ones (like mine) that don’t automatically shut you down and ban you because of your belief but let you talk openly and are able to ask questions regarding their beliefs.

I have a feeling that some of the issues that protestants and catholics have with each other is just because of anger. A lot of our beliefs come from the same core but are expressed differently.

So don’t say the whole, I don’t like protestantism but I like the individuals because I tell ya right now. You hate my beliefs then you hate me for they are WHO I AM.
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Protestantism itself is a doctrine based on faith alone and Bible Alone. Two doctrines completely alien to the two older Christian faith of Catholicism and Orthodoxy. It was a concept that was born out of the reformation. The people part of this reformation, Protestants are themselves are not at fault from being taught the erroneous doctrines.

I don’t think hating doctrines equals hating Protestants. I know Protestants here in CAF who love us Catholics, but they seem to dislike our belief but they don’t hate us. They do it out of love and want to tell us that our belief is erroneous, which isn’t.

What do we see in Protestantism, we see thousands of different sects with different intepretation of the Bible. Some deny the Trinity like those Oneness Pentecostals, and JW.

There is no sense of unity in Protestantism compared to the unity in doctrines found in Catholicism. When I say unity I mean the unity we share with God, the angels and the saints. Many Protestants neglected the saints since they no longer ask the saints to “pray for us.” Though there are some Protestants that have Catholic traditions…

The communion of saints is gone for most Protestants. Catholicism has this sense of unity. Anyways, I’m trailing off the thread here.

The issue here is that Protestantism itself contains parts of doctrines of some of the ancient heresies that need to be corrected. We Catholics see that the two pillars of Protestantism was not practice by the Apostles nor the Apostolic Fathers, and the ECF.
 
Mannyfit75 said:
Protestantism itself is a doctrine based on faith alone and Bible Alone. Two doctrines completely alien to the two older Christian faith of Catholicism and Orthodoxy. It was a concept that was born out of the reformation. The people part of this reformation, Protestants are themselves are not at fault from being taught the erroneous doctrines.
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One issue though… do you believe that those are the ONLY two beliefs of protestantism? I am not Faith Alone nor do I perscribe to Bible Alone…

So what in the world am I if I am not catholic and since I don’t hold to those two doctrines I am not protestant (according to the post above)…
 
Singinbeauty said:
One issue though… do you believe that those are the ONLY two beliefs of protestantism? I am not Faith Alone nor do I perscribe to Bible Alone…

So what in the world am I if I am not catholic and since I don’t hold to those two doctrines I am not protestant (according to the post above)…
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Bible Alone: the belief that the Bible is the sole authority of all matters.

Faith Alone: the belief that faith alone saves. No work necessary.
 
Singinbeauty said:
And again I don’t perscribe to either of those…
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A Protestant is also defined as a Christian that is neither Catholic Christian or E. Orthodox Christians. So again, which one are you? You aren’t Catholic, and you aren’t Orthodox.
 
Mannyfit75 said:
A Protestant is also defined as a Christian that is neither Catholic Christian or E. Orthodox Christians. So again, which one are you? You aren’t Catholic, and you aren’t Orthodox.
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But you claimed that those two doctrines are what protestantism is built on… Not all protestantism is built on those and that was the point I was making… So you can’t dislike ALL of protestantism if those two doctrines are the ones that you have issue with.
 
Singinbeauty said:
But you claimed that those two doctrines are what protestantism is built on… Not all protestantism is built on those and that was the point I was making… So you can’t dislike ALL of protestantism if those two doctrines are the ones that you have issue with.
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They are the pillars of Protestantism. I think Protestantism itself is erroneous because many of the interpretation contradict one another.
 
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