Do you consider yourself a Protestant or not?(Non-Catholic)

[drewness21]

I'm not hating on Catholics BTW. My entire family on my Pop's side is devout.

So I work with a ordained Calvanist Presbyterian minister(his description) and we have many discussions about theology. It has spurred me into researching the lineage of the Early Church/Christians/Protestants(the whole shabangabang).

My question is, do you consider yourself to be of a Protestant church lineage or non-Protestant.

This isn't about the theological differences, but the historical lineage of fellow believers. I come from an independent, fundamental Baptist church. I lend my lineage to those who didn't part from the RCC, but who were in fact some who were persecuted. (I.E. Waldensians, Anabaptists, Monatist, Donatists, etc.)

[RAMCLAP]

Calvinist Presbyterian. Ordained Deacon in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Very Protestant but very not anti-Catholic.

[colossians323]

Christian. Arguing for Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox is not much different than arguing about denominations

[WASR10]

I am non-Catholic, non-Protestant Christian.

[drewness21]

I asked this to see more about the idea about there being non-catholic, non-protestant Christians. What I would call the remnant of the orginal churches established by the Apostles. The ones who were persecuted by the RCC and the Protestants. Namely the Anabaptists. In reading more about the history of some of these that well proceded the Protestant reformation and were those nearly wiped out by the Inquisition.

[VAReact]

No. But then again, I'm not a Christian, either.

[Intimid8tor]

Christian. Period!

[tsa1]

If you celebrate Christmas, Easter, read a Bible, identify crosses as a symbol for Jesus, then you are Catholic. The Catholics drafted and edited your Bibles with only books that fit their view of what Christianity should be.

[The War Wagon]

CONFESSIONAL Lutheran (means we are bold to confess Holy Scripture to BE the inerrant, inspired, God-breathed, VERY Word of God, and our doctrine - the Unaltered Augsburg Confession of 1580 - is THE right exposition of the Christian faith) - Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, here.

[The War Wagon]

If you celebrate Christmas, Easter, read a Bible, identify crosses as a symbol for Jesus, then you are Catholic. The Catholics drafted and edited your Bibles with only books that fit their view of what Christianity should be.

Yes, I am a catholic... with a small "c."

I am LUTHERAN... with a BIG "L," however.

The Council of Trent revised what the Church of Rome considers "canon," by adding books from the Apocrypha (like the I & II letters of Clement, et.al.) to it.

The Lutherans politely declined.

[RAMCLAP]

If you celebrate Christmas, Easter, read a Bible, identify crosses as a symbol for Jesus, then you are Catholic. The Catholics drafted and edited your Bibles with only books that fit their view of what Christianity should be.

There are a lot of forums. Go troll elsewhere.

[Sailormilan2]

What constitutes a "non Protestant Christian"? I have never heard that term before.
I belong a non main stream Protestant religion, which some consider to be a cult(or almost a cult) and thought they all boiled down to Protestant and Catholic.

[SWalt]

Protestant.......

At least for those who are of european decent and not catholic.

[drewness21]

That is why I began this discussion. History does show that it wasn't just the Catholic faith that came out of the new testiment. In fact it wasn't really until the 4th century a.d. The Protestant reformation wasn't until the 16th century. As someone who has never identified with the Catholic faith, I always assumed I was a Protestant. As I look to the history of the Christian faith as a whole(Catholics and other denominations) I have come to realize that there were professing Christians that stood against the Catholic church and tried to hold onto the apostolic teachings of the New Testament. They were some of whom the Church persecuted in the early centuries and then the Protestants persecuted in later centuries. I'm not disputing how we came to getting the Bible. And also, study of the way information was handed down, especially in Jewish culture, shows that the teaching of Jesus and the Apostles were disseminated with absolute precision. So it was possible to not have the "official" Canon, but still have the truth taught in the New Testament.

[Just Dave]

What constitutes a "non Protestant Christian"? I have never heard that term before.
I belong a non main stream Protestant religion, which some consider to be a cult(or almost a cult) and thought they all boiled down to Protestant and Catholic.

IIRC the term "Protestant" derives from the word protest, it refers to those who protest the RCC and its doctrine.
I would venture to guess that a "non Protestant Christian" is someone who wants to be known for what they stand for, not against.