Featured Baptist are not Protestants

There have always been believers who have dissented from Rome. Denial of this truth is ignorance!

 

The OP clearly indicates what is meant by Protestant!

 

Yes,
Seems to be "Protestant Reformation"

and in that context, I would wholeheartedly agree that Baptist is not Protestant.

Baptists may have protested, but the Reformers were trying to reform the church they loved dearly.

 

The Particular Baptists came out of the Reformed churches. As I say, they took the Reformation to a new level by getting rid of infant 'baptism.'
Ecclesia Reformata semper Reformanda.

 

Do you care to offer more than a one sentence condemnation? Anything specific about the grounds on which you are basing your claim?

 

Now that, I would think, could take the discussion into a good direction.

Could you give an example of doctrines held by Baptists that are directly attributed to Reformers? And I will just say, certain doctrines thought to be Reformed exclusively could be argued not to be Reformed doctrines, but doctrines which come directly from Scripture. For example, I would not view Total Depravity to be a Reformed doctrine, but a Biblical doctrine. The term, yes, the doctrine, no.

Which brings up a good question (in my view, anyway): I that a good argument? Credible? Meaning, doctrines taught clearly in Scripture which are clearly first century doctrines can't be claimed by a group these distinctives are clearly tied to?


God bless.

 

Jesus did not baptize.


God bless.

 

I was a former Catholic (yes, redundancy). I AM NOT a protestant. To be a Protestant means you are protesting Rome (at least to me).

I did not and do not protest the Church of Rome. I have separated from it.

To protest against Rome could meant that it has some validity and you are protesting the invalidity.

One must REJECT and SEPARATE from Rome as a heretical church, not protest it.
I do not protest the worship of Mary (ya, I know about the Catholic Orwellian definitions of "worship") but I reject it completely (but not Mary as a saint).

HankD

 

This is a REAL 'I am of ______'! 'Well, I am of ______'!!! circus.

 

Oh, I see, I...uh...er...still don't get it.



Tom, you should know that being baptized doesn't make one a Baptist, lol.

Any more than being in a garage makes one a car (one of my favorites).


God bless.

 

Got it, lol. I'm a little slow sometimes Tom.


God bless.

 

I visited a Methodist Church where Transubstantiation was indicated before taking Communion.

We make a mistake when we try to box all of the various groups into one box. Even for those that adopt a name in their fellowship, there's no guarantee their doctrine even resembles the group they claim to be. Most fellowships will present the doctrine of their leaders, and quite a bit of evolution can go on down through the centuries.

There is a true line of True Doctrine from Paul's day, and it derives straight from the Word of God. If we have maintained what was taught to us by the Writers, and ultimately the Holy Ghost, then we have maintained that Pure Doctrine.

The problem we face is that no one group is going to be correct...on everything. Some are correct on more, but there are going to be issues with any group you want to name.

Salvation remains personal. A person can be a member of a group and not have to dogmatically embrace everything they teach. And that is just normal for a people who still battles the presence, impact, and consequence of sin in our lives. We are still going to see rebellion, and failure to maintain a strict discipline.


God bless.