Why do Protestants celebrate Reformation Day?

[JonNC]

At the council of Hippo the current 73 books of the bible were declared and then affirmed at the council of Carthage in the late 300s ad.

You are correct, that these two local councils that were not binding on the whole Church did hold to a 73 book Bible, and that following Trent, it is those 73 books those in communion with the Bishop of Rome hold as canon. Other traditions within the Church hold to slightly different canons.

Jon

 

[rcwitness]

When you talk about “abuse,” this strongly implies that the overall rules and regulations of Catholic conduct were breached and violated by individuals who acted out of line.

Yes, it is.

What I’m talking about is that time when the Catholic Church tried to eliminate Protestantism from the face of the earth. Remember that? That was wrong, and it shouldn’t have ever happened. And I wouldn’t call that abuse either, if the above definition is anywhere close to what you mean by the word. It’s more like the formally stated mission of the Church proper, supported and carried out vigorously by many papacies over the course of multiple centuries, and it also happened to be completely evil.

The Catholic Church still wants to eliminate Protestantism, no?

There have been wrong techniques. Some of history demonized what the Church actually approved of. For example, the inquisitions were studied all over and our understanding of the Church’s actions are not what people once thought. I don’t deny there were times of leaders abusing their office. But that the Church did not Teach evil.

 

[Eric_Hilbert]

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