How many Protestant denominations are there?

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What does that mean? How does that work?
 
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That I am not trying ro beat around the bush.

Let us call it what it is!!!

The Catholic Church have so many arguments and that doesn’t work anymore.

So let us go back. Maybe even 2000 year’s! Let us see what Jesus wanted! Absolutely not this!

But We will have those people callimg further devision and the Catholics included) That is the human nature and also Jesus knew this! So forward let us rather embrace each other!
 
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Somehow you managed to give another post without any concrete facts or examples.
 
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Maybe.

But sometimes we need ro read and listen!

That is when it becomes clear!

You will learn. This is CAF, not real life!
 
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I don’t have any experience of arguing or division in the Catholic Church in the same way it is in the Protestant Church. (Arguing isn’t really the right word)
 
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Communion on the hand vs on the tongue isn’t a real division like the way Lutherans and Baptists are divided. CAF has a variety of levels of disagreements, so you have to be more specific.
 
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Okay I have no idea why that was posted to me!

I would like to know how the Lutherans and the Baptists view this. I am neither!
 
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I’m a Catholic. This is a Catholic forum. There’s lot’s of Catholics on here, and none of them have to explain their beliefs to me. We already share the same, Catholic faith.

I used to participate on a large inter-denominational forum. There were lots of protestants in there and its where I’ve had most of my experience with protestants. One thing I quickly learned is that it is a mistake to take them as one collective bunch. Though exhausting, it was better to consider each individual and their personal heartfelt beliefs.

A person’s faith is important, even it’s shared with just a few individuals or if it’s unique unto themselves. This is why I believe the number of protestant denominations must run into the millions. More and more this seems to be the case within the protestant tradition.n
 
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phil19034 said:
I’m a proponent of the several thousand number because I consider each non-denominational Church pastor to be the leader of his/her own denomination.
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This is an interesting point.

As far as I’m aware, with Congregationalist polity among Baptists and ‘non-denominationals’, the local church is prioritized. And that leads to conventions (such as the Southern Baptists, which some argue isn’t a denomination) where individual congregations can stray.

For example, in theory, if a Baptist convention prohibits women from being pastors, there’s very little except possibly for extraordinary measures that can be done if a congregation ordains women. I’m speaking in general terms. It’s too bureaucratic for me to understand or care.

And locally what I’ve seen is there are pastors planting their own churches in an area where a congregation in the same convention already exists!

And congregations joining, leaving and switching conventions and affiliations isn’t uncommon.
 
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And congregations joining, leaving and switching conventions and affiliations isn’t uncommon.
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Further, the people switch denominations as well, and it really isn’t considered a big deal.

President Obama left the UCC church and now attend an Episcopal church. President Bush II left the Episcopal Church for a Methodist congregation and Sen. McCain was Episcopal as well and is now a Baptist. President Carter was a Southern Baptist Sunday School teacher but left his SBC church for a church with other affiliation. Even though these guys are all well known leaders, the story repeats itself among thousands of less prominent people. Denominational ties just aren’t very strong in this era.
 
Too many. May we all be one in Christ in the one Church which be founded
 
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MichaelP3:
but that is based upon the apparent belief that Catholicism is “truly one” (don’t look at me, you started this).
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I don’t believe that the Christian Church has been “one” since the Resurrection. There have always been people or groups of people who have differed and split into geographical or theological factions. One Church is a myth.
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Yes, they are called heretics and/or schismatics
 
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phil19034:
Yes, they are called heretics and/or schismatics
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No. People who love Jesus and follow him are called Christians.
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I never claimed otherwise. A person can be a Christian who loves Jesus and still be a MATERIAL heretic / schismatic at the same time.

Not all heresy caries the same weight
 
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