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AmateurPianist
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I would like to correct a couple of misconceptions here. (1) A use of the word ‘fundamentalist’ to describe evangelicals. (2) An assumption that ‘evangelicals’ are 'antiCatholic as a whole.
Fundamentalist and fundamentalism are very narrow terms. Fundamentalists generally have the following beliefs (1) The Bible is literally the word of God. Since they interpret the Bible literally, fundamentalists usually consider only one version (the King James) to be the preserved Word of God. (2) Fundamentalists are generally separatists. Any coorporation with Christians other than like minded Christians is considered to be unequally yoked (3) Fundamentalists are generally ‘anti’ everybody but them. Of course they are antiCatholic. They are also anti mainline Protestant AND antiEvangelical. If you were to google Billy Graham you will find his detractors are universally fundamentalists.
Evangelicals share certain beliefs with fundamentalist (1) the Bible as the word of God (although not necessarily literally interpreted (2) the necessity of the new birth in Jesus Christ, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Evangelicals are generally not separatists. In relationship to Catholics evangelicals are all across the board, but they are not necessarily antiCatholic. As examples I cite Billy Graham and Charles Colson as evangelicals who are NOT antiCatholic.
There has been some work in finding commonality between evangelicals and Catholics. You might want to google ‘Evangelicals and Catholics together’ for more information.
My denomination (Assemblies of God) is 100% evangelical but not fundamentalist. I would observe that Assemblies was represented in ‘Evangelical and Catholics together’. All of the churches I have attended in Assemblies has been nowhere near antiCatholic, but since local organizations are given wide latitude, I would not promise this is universally the case. Specifically I have attended my current church for 12 years and have not heard one thing from the pulpit that could even hint at being antiCatholic.
Just a reminder if you are tempted to cut all of us born-again types from the same cloth.
Fundamentalist and fundamentalism are very narrow terms. Fundamentalists generally have the following beliefs (1) The Bible is literally the word of God. Since they interpret the Bible literally, fundamentalists usually consider only one version (the King James) to be the preserved Word of God. (2) Fundamentalists are generally separatists. Any coorporation with Christians other than like minded Christians is considered to be unequally yoked (3) Fundamentalists are generally ‘anti’ everybody but them. Of course they are antiCatholic. They are also anti mainline Protestant AND antiEvangelical. If you were to google Billy Graham you will find his detractors are universally fundamentalists.
Evangelicals share certain beliefs with fundamentalist (1) the Bible as the word of God (although not necessarily literally interpreted (2) the necessity of the new birth in Jesus Christ, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Evangelicals are generally not separatists. In relationship to Catholics evangelicals are all across the board, but they are not necessarily antiCatholic. As examples I cite Billy Graham and Charles Colson as evangelicals who are NOT antiCatholic.
There has been some work in finding commonality between evangelicals and Catholics. You might want to google ‘Evangelicals and Catholics together’ for more information.
My denomination (Assemblies of God) is 100% evangelical but not fundamentalist. I would observe that Assemblies was represented in ‘Evangelical and Catholics together’. All of the churches I have attended in Assemblies has been nowhere near antiCatholic, but since local organizations are given wide latitude, I would not promise this is universally the case. Specifically I have attended my current church for 12 years and have not heard one thing from the pulpit that could even hint at being antiCatholic.
Just a reminder if you are tempted to cut all of us born-again types from the same cloth.
