Which Protestant church is right?

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rr1213 said:
There are plenty of very well informed people that post on these forums, Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and others. And plenty of people who don’t know jack, Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and others. I stand by my statement.
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I stand with you on this one, rr1213.

Pax Christi

Jonathan
 
Mannyfit75 said:
I don’t think it is 33,000. I think it is about 1,000
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It seems as if there are about 500 of them in my town alone.

Then there are another several hundred “non-denominational” denominations.

One would think that they all read different bibles to be in so much disagreement! :confused:
 
water said:
100 years later, I will be very appreciated your gigantic font … haha 😃 just kidding. Can we all laugh for awhile? 😉
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I only need about 20 more years before I will need the gigantic font.:eek: 😉 LOL
 
conan025 said:
I grew up in the Missouri Synod, so I admit I’m biased. Among protestants, Lutherans would come the closest to Catholicism, Anglicans notwithstanding. There is a solid doctrinal standard in the Book of Concord, even if Luther did depart from the historic faith on a number of points.

The Missouri Synod has preserved more of the historic Lutheran faith, although even here, things have changed since Luther’s time. For example, he had a high regard for Mary, even going so far as to affirm her perpetual virginity, and insisted on private confession. Most Lutherans today would be surprised to hear this.

Sadly, more and more LCMS churches are discarding the historic liturgy and aping non-denominational McWorship.
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Part of the reason that the protestant movement’s genesis was called the Reformation is that Luther’s original intent was to “reform” the Catholic Church and not to leave it. It is my understanding that the Wisconsin and Missouri synod’s still believe they are a beachhead for reform vs. protesting but rr may be right that the Missouri synod has also abandoned the goal of reformation. The ELCA seems to clearly have chosen they are part of the Protestant movement vs. the Reformation movement.

All other denominations during this period were of a “protesting”, even the Anglicans. Their original break was intended to be permanent. And rr is correct that outside of the Lutheran denominations, few Protestants seem to think much about or of Luther. And even within the ELCA, I don’t think many seem to think much about Luther.
 
This question is amusing because it is asked on a Catholic site. Actually, none of them are right.
 
none, they are all wrong, i hope luther continues to rot in hell.
 
You know, I find it funny how this question keeps popping up… Which church is the right church… *sigh…

You were right to a point when you said ‘NONE OF THEM’… I agree with this, this includes of course the catholic church in my opinion. God never meant us to wrap ourselves up in which ‘church’ we belong to. WE are Christians who follow Christ. Where ever we find Him is where we should be.

I know I am going to get FLAMED for this but… :eek:

We get so caught up in rules, legalism, and pride that we lose track of where God is in the midst. This is what caused the reformation in the first place. Had God been kept as the center of the catholic church at the time of the reformation I don’t believe that the split would have happened. But you can see through that time in history, and before and after, that the church (notice I said ‘church’ and not Church) was seriously falling away from God and His plans. Persecuting innocents and using it’s power (of which I do not believe God ever wanted it to have) to grow into a monster that thought it was greater than God at times.

Is the catholic church THEN the same as the one today… No… but the damage has been done and so we must deal with the aftermath…😦
 
Singinbeauty said:
You know, I find it funny how this question keeps popping up… Which church is the right church… *sigh…

You were right to a point when you said ‘NONE OF THEM’… I agree with this, this includes of course the catholic church in my opinion. God never meant us to wrap ourselves up in which ‘church’ we belong to. WE are Christians who follow Christ. Where ever we find Him is where we should be.

I know I am going to get FLAMED for this but… :eek:

We get so caught up in rules, legalism, and pride that we lose track of where God is in the midst. This is what caused the reformation in the first place. Had God been kept as the center of the catholic church at the time of the reformation I don’t believe that the split would have happened. But you can see through that time in history, and before and after, that the church (notice I said ‘church’ and not Church) was seriously falling away from God and His plans. Persecuting innocents and using it’s power (of which I do not believe God ever wanted it to have) to grow into a monster that thought it was greater than God at times.

Is the catholic church THEN the same as the one today… No… but the damage has been done and so we must deal with the aftermath…😦
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Im with you on this----no flaming here;) 👍 😃
 
Papal_Follower said:
none, they are all wrong, i hope luther continues to rot in hell.
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Papal Follower,
Is this what the Pope would say?
Love does not rejoice in what is wrong…Cor 13:6
The final commandment of Jesus is Love.
The measure with which you measure out will be measured
back to you, therefore love one another always.
 
You are looking in the wrong place to find your answer. Read the NT starting with Acts 2 on and you will find what a church is to be like. Then the closer a church models this NT pattern will the best church to attend. Here are a few passages to consider.
Acts 2:41-47; Eph 4:11-16; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; Titus 1:5- 2:15;
2 Tim 3:1-17; 2 Tim 4:1-5. Here, in these passages, are a good place to start. You will find a good many ideas of what a NT church was and did and this is a good pattern to follow today. 👍
 
DLC said:
You are looking in the wrong place to find your answer. Read the NT starting with Acts 2 on and you will find what a church is to be like. Then the closer a church models this NT pattern will the best church to attend. Here are a few passages to consider.
Acts 2:41-47; Eph 4:11-16; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; Titus 1:5- 2:15;
2 Tim 3:1-17; 2 Tim 4:1-5. Here, in these passages, are a good place to start. You will find a good many ideas of what a NT church was and did and this is a good pattern to follow today. 👍
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I did think it was odd to ask a question like that in a Catholic forum. So, where have you found the closest match?
 
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