The Roman Catholic Church is not a Christian denomination

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According to definition 4 it is.

And since I am not sure the link works, here it is:
4: a religious organization whose congregations are united in their adherence to its beliefs and practices
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Oh I voted no in your poll. If anything my denomination has its roots in Wesleyan Methodism.
 
With_Questions said:
According to definition 4 it is.

And since I am not sure the link works, here it is:

Oh I voted no in your poll. If anything my denomination has its roots in Wesleyan Methodism.
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“According to Definition 4”… Lol …. so, according to the Merrium-Websters Online Dictionary the Roman Catholic Church is a “denomination”.….
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Your link doesn’t even mention the Catholic Church. :rolleyes:

Ok, what’s your point? :cool:

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“Oh I voted no in your poll. If anything my denomination has its roots in Wesleyan Methodism.”

Are you trying to assert that Christianity didn’t exist before “Wesleyan Methodism” (1932). Please explain yourself.

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Jimmy_B said:
“According to Definition 4”… Lol …. so, according to the Merrium-Websters Online Dictionary the Roman Catholic Church is a “denomination”.….
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Exactly. You got it.👍

The Roman Catholic church is
4: a religious organization whose congregations are united in their adherence to its beliefs and practices
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(unless you want to say that their congregations are not united in their adherence to its beliefs and practices)
Jimmy_B said:
Your link doesn’t even mention the Catholic Church. :rolleyes:
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So what. The Catholic church is an example of a denomination. Dictionaries do not necessarily need to provide example when they provide definitions.

An analogy. The dictionnary defines “tree”. The dictionary does not list “elm tree” as an example of a tree. That does not mean that the elm is not a tree.

Instead we can look up the definition of the word “tree”. Then one can determine from logic and observation that the elm tree matches this definition. Then we can conclude that yes Virginia, the elm tree is indeed a tree.

That is the way dictionaries work.
Jimmy_B said:
You wrote-
“Oh I voted no in your poll. If anything my denomination has its roots in Wesleyan Methodism.”

Are you trying to assert that Christianity didn’t exist before “Wesleyan Methodism” (1932). Please explain yourself.

Thanks.smileycentral.com/sig.jsp?pc=ZSzeb098&pp=ZNxmk788MSUS
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Nah…I was looking at direct descendency. We are not directly related to Catholics. That is all.

If I had looked at it another way I suppose I could have voted yes. But I was in a contrary mood at the time I guess.
 
Jimmy_B said:
The Roman Catholic Church is not a Christian denomination.
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That all depends on the definition of “denomination” that you use. According to the definition shown above, the answer seems to be that it is.
It is the first Christian religion.
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There is only one Christian religion. The various manifestations of it are what we refer to as denominations.
As a non-Catholic Christian, do you agree that your denomination can find its roots in Catholicism?
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As a Lutheran, I can’t help but agree, although I would qualify that by saying that our roots in the apostolic faith are the same roots as those of Catholicism.
 
The interesting thing is that no Christian “Denomination” can follow it’s own roots directly back to Jesus, except for Catholocism. Yes there were random groups throughout the years between Jesus and Martin Luthur but none of them are really alive today. Every Christian “denomination” can follow it’s own road back to a point, and then they have to get on the Catholic highway if they want to drive all the way back to Jesus. 🙂
 
Of course it is a denomination.

People say ‘oh protestantism is wrong because there’s loads of protestant groups’. Well how about a non christian saying christianity is wrong because there are so many groups? Catholicism being one.

Jimmy, I respect you, but all your threads seem to be self serving and a way for you to belittle non-catholics :o

It doesn’t work on an evangelistic or apologetic level, I’m sorry.
 
Lutherans trace back to Jesus Christ. We share about 75% of our history with Catholics. Trent wasn’t until after the split.
 
gcnuss said:
As a Lutheran, I can’t help but agree, although I would qualify that by saying that our roots in the apostolic faith are the same roots as those of Catholicism.
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Pastor Gary,
This is a wonderful response. More than a recognition of our ties to The Catholic Church, but a bold announcement that we, as reformationists, are of the Church Catholic.
Thanks,
Jon
 
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