Protestants: Could you please do us all a favor??

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moondweller said:
Your problem, Peter, is you like to stereotype. Seems to make you more comfortable.
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I like stereo types. Sony makes some pretty good brands. I stay away from Zenith since I don’t like that stereo type. But I’m pretty up with the Japanese brands. 😃
 
PRmerger said:
Not sure what you mean, Zundrah? What “random things” are you referring to?
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What I mean is, all the crazy things I hear the protestants saying on this site! I was never taught all that craziness! Thank God I left and came to catholic church in time!
 
moondweller said:
.Why would there need be? A mature, spiritual man can easily decipher between the two.
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It seems that the more than 7 but less than 40,000 Christian denominations cannot agree with you. Each of these denominations has made clear that it disagrees with these primary and secondary issues.

If only there was a verse in Scripture which could identify which are essential and which are non-essential beliefs!

But, alas, you cannot cite anything so you must rely on your fallible, man-made, non-authoritarian, non-Scriptural doctrine.
 
Peter_J said:
Wow, another ad hominem? You’re really making this too easy, you know.
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It’s an observation based on the evidence, not an ad hominem. 🍿

Didn’t you previously say you stopped posting to me?
 
moondweller said:
Please provide for me the 40,000 names of each.
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You can see the statistics yourself here: As there are reported to be o**ver 38,000 Christian denominations, ** many of which cannot be verified to be significant, only those denominations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.

and here.

But let’s see how many we can list right now:
Pre-Lutheran Protestants
Cathars
Hussites
Moravian Church
Taborites
Unity of the Brethren
Utraquists
Lollards
Waldensians
Waldensian-Methodist Union of Italy
Waldensian Church of the Rio de la Plata

Lutheranism
Main articles: Lutheranism and Martin Luther
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
Church of the Lutheran Confession
Concordia Lutheran Conference
Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
Evangelical Lutheran Church “Concord” (Russia)
Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany)
Evangelical Lutheran Synod (United States)
Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Conference
Lutheran Church of Central Africa Zambia Conference
Ukrainian Lutheran Church
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (United States
 
More!! 😃

Evangelical Catholic Church
Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran
Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America
International Lutheran Council
American Association of Lutheran Churches
Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France and Belgium
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil
Evangelical Lutheran Church of England
Gutnius Lutheran Church
Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church
Japan Lutheran Church
Lanka Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church - Canada
Lutheran Church—Hong Kong Synod

Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (United States)
Lutheran Church of Australia (associate member)
German Evangelical Church in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (no longer in existence)
Laestadian Lutheran Church
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheran Church of China (no longer in existence)
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (United States)
Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church (United States)
Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA
Lutheran World Federation
Church of Denmark
Church of Iceland
Church of Norway
Church of Sweden
Church of the Faroe Islands
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway (associate member)
Lutheran Church of Australia (associate member)
Malagasy Lutheran Church

Reformed Churches
Main article: Reformed Churches
See also: Calvinism and First Great Awakening
Canadian and American Reformed Churches
Christian Reformed Church in North America
Christian Reformed Churches of Australia
Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches
Congregational Federation of Australia
Dutch Reformed Church
Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
Free Reformed Churches of North America
Heritage Reformed Congregations
Netherlands Reformed Congregations
Orthodox Christian Reformed Church
Protestant Reformed Churches in America
Reformed Church in America
Reformed Church in Hungary
Reformed Church in the United States
Remonstrant Brotherhood
United Reformed Church
United Reformed Churches in North America

Presbyterianism
Main article: Presbyterianism
See also: Presbyterian polity
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Bible Presbyterian Church
Christ Community Church
Church of Scotland
Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (Australia)
Free Church of Scotland
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)
Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
Greek Evangelical Church
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church in America
Presbyterian Church in Canada
Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
Presbyterian Church of Australia
Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia
Presbyterian Church of Korea
Presbyterian Church of Wales (also a Methodist church)
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Presbyterian Reformed Church (Australia)
Presbyterian Reformed Church (Canada)
Reformed Church of France
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
Southern Presbyterian Church (Australia)
United Free Church of Scotland
Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia
 
While this exercise has been quite fun 😛 and I could go on and on…I think my point has been proven.

None of these groups wants to be identified as having the same doctrine as the other. They disagree on primary and secondary doctrines (whatever those are, since there’s no Scripture verse that tells us this, right, Moondweller?)–else they would not have split to form their own church, interpreting Scripture in their own way.
 
PRmerger said:
While this exercise has been quite fun 😛 and I could go on and on…I think my point has been proven.

None of these groups wants to be identified as having the same doctrine as the other. They disagree on primary and secondary doctrines (whatever those are, since there’s no Scripture verse that tells us this, right, Moondweller?)–else they would not have split to form their own church, interpreting Scripture in their own way.
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A lot of repetition, PR. You’ve yet to prove your assertion.
 
moondweller said:
A lot of repetition, PR. You’ve yet to prove your assertion.
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sigh Ok. Here you go…

Congregationalist Churches
Main article: Congregational Church
English Independents (virtually extinct as a modern and distinct group)
Huguenots (virtually extinct as a modern and distinct group)
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
United Church of Christ
[edit] Anabaptists
Main article: Anabaptists
See also: Radical Reformation, Theology of Anabaptism, and Schwarzenau Brethren
Abecedarians (extinct)
Amish
Beachy Amish
Nebraska Amish
Old Order Amish
Swartzendruber Amish
Apostolic Christian Church
[edit] Brethren
Main article: Brethren
Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Free Evangelical Churches
Plymouth Brethren
Exclusive Brethren
Indian Brethren
Kerala Brethren
Open Brethren
River Brethren
Brethren in Christ Church
Old Order River Brethren
United Zion Church
Schwarzenau Brethren
Brethren Reformed Church
Church of the Brethren
Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International
Dunkard Brethren
Ephrata Cloister
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
Old German Baptist Brethren
Old Order German Baptist Brethren
The Brethren Church (Ashland Brethren)
Social Brethren
Hutterites
Bruderhof Communities
Mennonites
Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations
Chortitzer Mennonite Conference
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Holdeman Mennonites)
Conservative Mennonite Conference
Evangelical Mennonite Church
Evangelical Mennonite Conference

Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference
Evangelical Missionary Church
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches (formerly Evangelical Mennonite Brethren)
Mennonite Brethren Churches
Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference
US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Mennonite Church Canada
General Conference Mennonite Church (merged)
Mennonite Church in the Netherlands
Mennonite Church USA
General Conference Mennonite Church (merged)
Missionary Church
Old Order Mennonites
Swiss Mennonite Conference

Methodists
Main article: Methodism
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (Dallas, TX)
Congregational Methodist Church
Evangelical Church (ECNA)
Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic
Evangelical Methodist Church
First Congregational Methodist Church
Free Methodist Church (North America)
Free Wesleyan Church (Tonga)
Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc.
Methodist Church in Ireland
Methodist Church in Singapore
Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma
Methodist Church of Great Britain
Methodist Church of Malaysia
Methodist Church of New Zealand
Methodist Church of Southern Africa
Presbyterian Church of Wales (also a Presbyterian church)
Primitive Methodist Church
United Methodist Church
Wesleyan Reform Union

Pietists and Holiness Churches
Main articles: Pietism and Holiness movement
See also: Higher Life movement, Holiness Tabernacles, and Third Great Awakening
Bible Fellowship Church
Christian Baptist Church of God
Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church
Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.
Church of God (Anderson)
Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma)
Church of God (Holiness)
Church of God (Restoration)
Churches of God General Conference (Winebrenner)
Church of the Nazarene
Evangelical Free Church of America
Harmony Society
Missionary Church
Salvation Army
United Christian Church
 
historyb said:
Your still ignoring the context and picking one verse apart. With that verse in context there is no way that Christ was talking about making Peter anything. To say what the RCC speculates is forcing the text into something that does not fit.
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Jesus Christ started ONE Church…

It doesn’t take much knowledge of history (though that helps) to realize that Protestant “churches” (there’s only one Church) go back only to the 1500s…

Jesus’ Church started at the time of Jesus…

so i don’t need to pick verses apart and all that other stuff… I have a Church i can trust… I feel sorry for those who don’t…

and pray for them… 🙂
 
moondweller said:
Please provide for me the 40,000 names of each.
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why is that needed?

if there were only 2 or 3 “other churches” (wouldn’t that be nice?)… .2 or 3 other than the Orginal…

it is 2 or 3 too many…

All we need to know is the Original… the one Jesus started, not some human.
 
moondweller said:
A lot of repetition, PR. You’ve yet to prove your assertion.
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How blessed is the man who fears always,
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity. Prov 28:14

Baptists

Note: All Baptist associations are congregationalist affiliations for the purpose of cooperation, in which each local church is governmentally independent.

Further information: List of Baptist sub-denominations
Alliance of Baptists
American Baptist Association
American Baptist Churches USA
Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland
Association of Grace Baptist Churches
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America
Association of Regular Baptist Churches
Baptist Bible Fellowship International
Baptist Conference of the Philippines
Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec
Baptist Convention of Western Cuba
Baptist General Conference (Sweden)
Baptist General Conference of Canada
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Baptist Missionary Association of America
Baptist Union of Australia
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Baptist Union of New Zealand
Baptist Union of Scotland
Baptist Union of Western Canada
Baptist World Alliance
Bible Baptist
Black Primitive Baptists
Canadian Baptist Ministries
Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
Central Baptist Association
Central Canada Baptist Conference
Christian Unity Baptist Association
Conservative Baptist Association
Conservative Baptist Association of America
Continental Baptist Churches
Convención Nacional Bautista de Mexico
Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
European Baptist Convention
European Baptist Federation
Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti
Evangelical Free Baptist Church
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
Free Will Baptist Church
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship of America
General Association of Baptists
General Association of General Baptists
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church, Inc.
General Six-Principle Baptists
Grace Baptist Assembly
Independent Baptist
Independent Baptist Church of America
Independent Baptist Fellowship International
Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association
Landmark Baptist Church
Liberty Baptist Fellowship
Myanmar Baptist Convention
National Association of Free Will Baptists
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A.
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A.
New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches
Nigerian Baptist Convention
North American Baptist Conference
Norwegian Baptist Union
Old Baptist Union
Old Regular Baptist
Old Time Missionary Baptist
Primitive Baptist
Progressive Baptist
Progressive National Baptist Convention
Reformed Baptist
Regular Baptist Churches, General Association of
Regular Baptist
Separate Baptist
Separate Baptists in Christ
Seventh Day Baptist
Southeast Conservative Baptist
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptists of Texas
Sovereign Grace Baptists
Strict Baptists
Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists
Union d’Églises baptistes françaises au Canada
United American Free Will Baptist Church
United American Free Will Baptist Conference
United Baptist
United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces
United Free Will Baptist
Unregistered Baptist Fellowship
World Baptist Alliance
World Baptist Fellowship

Spiritual Baptists
Note: The Spiritual Baptist Archdiocese of New York, Inc has congregationalist affiliations for the purpose of cooperation, in which each local church is governmentally independent.

The Spiritual Baptist Archdiocese of New York, Inc.
[edit] Apostolic Churches - Irvingites
Catholic Apostolic Church
New Apostolic Church
United Apostolic Church
Old Apostolic Church
Restored Apostolic Mission Church
[edit] Pentecostalism
Main article: Pentecostalism
See also: List_of_Christian_denominations#Oneness_Pentecostalism
Apostolic Church
Apostolic Faith Church
Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
Assemblies of God
Assembleias de Deus
Assemblies of God in New Zealand
Assemblies of God in the United Kingdom
Assemblies of God in Vietnam
Australian Christian Churches
General Council of the Assemblies of God of the United States
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Australian Fellowship of Faith Churches and Ministers Int. (AFFCMI)
Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship
Calvary Holiness Association
Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches
Christ Gospel Churches International
Christian City Churches
Christian Church of North America
Christian Congregation of Brazil
Christian Outreach Centre
Christian Revival Crusade
Church of God (Charleston, Tennessee)
Church of God (Chattanooga)
Church of God (Cleveland)
Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama)
The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)
Church of God by Faith
The Church of God for All Nations
Church of God, House of Prayer
Church of God in Christ
Church of God Mountain Assembly
Church of God of Prophecy
Church of God of the Original Mountain Assembly
Church of God of the Union Assembly
Church of God with Signs Following
Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines
Church of the Little Children of Jesus Christ
Congregational Holiness Church
CRC Churches International
Destiny Church
Elim Fellowship
Elim Pentecostal Church
 
moondweller said:
A lot of repetition, PR. You’ve yet to prove your assertion.
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Moondweller, are you actually admitting that repeating a claim over and over doesn’t make it true?
PRmerger said:
You can see the statistics yourself here: As there are reported to be o**ver 38,000 Christian denominations, ** many of which cannot be verified to be significant, only those denominations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.
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I also noticed this:

This is a list of Christian denominations by number of members. According to the “Status of Global Mission, 2008” of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (its main campus is located in South Hamilton, MA), the number of Christian denominations is about 39,000.[citation needed]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members
 
PRmerger said:
You can see the statistics yourself here: As there are reported to be o**ver 38,000 Christian denominations, ** many of which cannot be verified to be significant, only those denominations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.

and here.

But let’s see how many we can list right now:
Pre-Lutheran Protestants
Cathars
Hussites
Moravian Church
Taborites
Unity of the Brethren
Utraquists
Lollards
Waldensians
Waldensian-Methodist Union of Italy
Waldensian Church of the Rio de la Plata

Lutheranism
Main articles: Lutheranism and Martin Luther
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
Church of the Lutheran Confession
Concordia Lutheran Conference
Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
Evangelical Lutheran Church “Concord” (Russia)
Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany)
Evangelical Lutheran Synod (United States)
Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Conference
Lutheran Church of Central Africa Zambia Conference
Ukrainian Lutheran Church
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (United States
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you forgot the Church of Jack Chick…

😃
 
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