Was St.Patrick a Protestant?

[FCEGM]

Thanks Paul. You are a gentleman.

Any bets on Paul’s assessment?

Excuse me while I call my Vegas bookie and see what the line is on this. :hey_bud:

St. Jerome, patron saint of crusty old curmudgeons like me, pray for me!

Well, since “theoldman” thinks Jacob was a Baptist (but not Esau), my money is on no satire involved.

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[theoldman]

Boy ! you Catholics just cann’t take it, can you? You have no problem dishing it out to protestants and Baptists but where someone gives you Catholics a little jab all hell break loss

 

[Tantum_ergo]

Boy ! you Catholics just cann’t take it, can you? You have no problem dishing it out to protestants and Baptists but where someone gives you Catholics a little jab all hell break loss

Oh, thank you for explaining, You weren’t joking; you were actively jabbing because you think that Catholics jab you, so that you could accuse us of dishing out nastiness but not taking it. That makes your agenda quite clear.

 

[CWBetts]

Boy ! you Catholics just cann’t take it, can you? You have no problem dishing it out to protestants and Baptists but where someone gives you Catholics a little jab all hell break loss

To be fair, we don’t do drive-by insults. We tend to back our clims with theology and/or philosophy. You tend to make statements and disappear when you are asked to provided reasonable arguments.

 

[DCNBILL]

Not even during ordinary time?

 

[AmbroseSJ]

English Protestants have been writing books claiming that St. Patrick was a Protestant since the 18th century. This is nothing more than an old rusty Protestant polemic being dug up yet again. Too bad Catholics aren’t more aware of their own past, especially English speaking Catholics. These ridiculous claims have been exploded competently and completely by Catholic authors hundreds of years ago. But as long as Catholics keep forgetting, Protestants will keep trying.

 

[FidesSpesCarita]

Boy ! you Catholics just cann’t take it, can you? You have no problem dishing it out to protestants and Baptists but where someone gives you Catholics a little jab all hell break loss

WHoa, calm down. No use reacting that vehemently. It wont do anyone any good.

Oh, thank you for explaining, You weren’t joking; you were actively jabbing because you think that Catholics jab you, so that you could accuse us of dishing out nastiness but not taking it. That makes your agenda quite clear.

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lol, Oh stop. Lets have a little charity here can we?

Ummm, I think the original color poster was talking about College teams (Syracuse ORANGEmen for instance). Wasnt the poster who said that from upstate NY?

EDIT: Shellac from oswego NY, Lakers, right? Vs. Syracuse…
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[CWBetts]

Not even during ordinary time?

Did they have “Ordinary time” back then? I thought it would just be the “X Sunday after Pentecost”? But then that isn’t right either, because that is the Tridentine Mass, and St Paddy was WAY before that too!

 

[Paul_Rimmer]

Boy ! you Catholics just cann’t take it, can you? You have no problem dishing it out to protestants and Baptists but where someone gives you Catholics a little jab all hell break loss

Take what? I don’t even understand. If it was meant as a joke, I laughed as much as the next man.

If it was meant as an insult, I offer you a hint: insults are often more effective at insulting when they make some sense.

Saying that St. Patrick was a baptist and that Esau was a Catholic makes no sense. It has to make sense to be insulting.

 

[CWBetts]

WHoa, calm down. No use reacting that vehemently. It wont do anyone any good.

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lol, Oh stop. Lets have a little charity here can we?

Ummm, I think the original color poster was talking about College teams (Syracuse ORANGEmen for instance). Wasnt the poster who said that from upstate NY?

EDIT: Shellac from oswego NY, Lakers, right? Vs. Syracuse…
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Traditionally, Orange represents the Protestants in Ireland, and Green the Catholic. Take a look at the Irish flag.

 

[Tantum_ergo]

Ah, if I was uncharitable I apologize. We can all use friendly laughter and jokes --as St. Theresa of Avila said, “From sour-faced saints, good Lord deliver us!”

And another wise person (I forget who–perhaps Cardinal Newman?) once said, “It is wise to treat one’s enemies as though they will one day be one’s friends” (or something like that). Makes sense. God bless.

 

[FidesSpesCarita]

Traditionally, Orange represents the Protestants in Ireland, and Green the Catholic. Take a look at the Irish flag.

Yeah I know, But when you know he is from a town that doesnt like Syracuse (The Orangemen) it sure does make a lot more sense.

 

[FidesSpesCarita]

See, now THAT I did not know… Makes me understand a bit better why people went to raise arms over that comment…

 

[CWBetts]

Ah, if I was uncharitable I apologize. We can all use friendly laughter and jokes --as St. Theresa of Avila said, “From sour-faced saints, good Lord deliver us!”

And another wise person (I forget who–perhaps Cardinal Newman?) once said, “It is wise to treat one’s enemies as though they will one day be one’s friends” (or something like that). Makes sense. God bless.

Also. wasn’t St. Philip Niri (sp?) well-known (and loved) for his sense of humor?

 

[CWBetts]

I will pass that on to my Irish friends

 

[CWBetts]

Wasn’t he prior to the Great Schism? According to EWTN he was, and born in Scotland (yayyyy!!!)

 

[CWBetts]

Gotcha. I know the Irish were influenced by Eastern monasticism, and that it was Irish missionaries that contributed to the way the sacrament of penance is celebrated.

 

[JustaServant]

Part of where this arises is the fact that the Irish Church, because of their geographical location was cut off from much of what was going on in Europe. Different monastic orders had customs that would have been alien to orders in mainland Europe. They were also great scribes and copied many manuscripts.
I beleive this physical ‘separation’ from the Church in Rome gave rise to the Protestant notion that St. Patrick was not Catholic.

 

[Tomster]

To be fair, we don’t do drive-by insults. We tend to back our clims with theology and/or philosophy. You tend to make statements and disappear when you are asked to provided reasonable arguments.

Ah yes, reasonable arguments! This is an apologetics board, and a Catholic one at that, the last time I checked. Seems theoldtimer has some difficulty providing reasonable arguments for his position judging by his hit and run tactics on this and other threads.

 

[Zooey]

Yes, actually St Patrick was a Baptist

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Piffle!
Pshaw!!
Pfui!!!
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Get a grip, yean.

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, Paul, Andrew.and the other apostles except Judas, he was Catholic

Now, the other was just an :jrbirdman:extremely foolish bad joke.
This is mean-spirited. And you know it. Shame on you, ye wee mon.:tsktsk:Shame!!!

Pay him no mind, you all, the :whacky:spalpeen isnae worth it.