Protestants: is your denomination the one true church of Christ?

[Izdaari]

One of the logical conundrums I see in this whole situation is idolatry. If Catholics (Roman and otherwise) and Orthodox believe that the eucharist is the real presence of Christ and worship same, one has to draw a conclusion. If that position is correct then everyone needs to do it.

If it’s wrong (false) then Catholics (Roman and otherwise) and Orthodox are idolators and should be scrupulously avoided by all non-Catholics . I do not see logical ground for acceptance of one by the other, do you?

I believe in the Real Presence but in the Methodist “Holy Mystery” formulation (which is very Anglican-compatible) rather than in Catholic transubstantiation. I don’t see that because the Catholic and Orthodox theological explanation for how it works seems dubious to me, that makes them idolators. We are all worshiping Jesus, not an idol, whether our theology is exactly correct or not. And none of us will have all of our theology exactly correct until the next life, because in this life we all “see through a glass darkly”.

 

[JRRTFAN]

I believe in the Real Presence but in the Methodist “Holy Mystery” formulation (which is very Anglican-compatible) rather than in Catholic transubstantiation. I don’t see that because the Catholic and Orthodox theological explanation for how it works seems dubious to me, that makes them idolators. We are all worshiping Jesus, not an idol, whether our theology is exactly correct or not. And none of us will have all of our theology exactly correct until the next life, because in this life we all “see through a glass darkly”.

The Church teaches that it will, over a period of time, develop a fuller understanding of theology but never teaches that anything which is dogma and on which that development rests is wrong in any sense. Therefore, indeed, we do worship the Eucharistic Host. The priest says it in every Mass “Behold the Lamb of God” He doesn’t mena Behold something that represents the Lamb of God.

 

[Equites_Christi]

To those who asked:
The “True Church” is the church founded by Christ which keeps His teachings. In Scripture Christ gave authority to His apostles. What happened to it?

If one denomination says it is ok to contracept and the other says it is not ok to contracept, then ONE of them is wrong. One of them is not teaching with the authority of the apostles. The True Church is the one that is right, on all things related to Christianity.

So your answer is that no one Church contains the whole truth about Christianity as revealed by Christ? Is that what Christ wanted? Do you think he let one apostles believe one thing and another something else, so that He had 12 different interpretations of His message on His hands?

How on earth are we supposed to know what is true?