a member of any of several church denominations denying the universal authority of the Pope and affirming the Reformation principles of justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of the Bible as the only source of revealed truth.
DAVEH: If you really don't want to continue, John...so be it. But I would still like to know why you do not consider yourself a Protestant. Which of the reasons mentioned in your definition.........
......do you not accept, which would disqualify you from being a Protestant? I have assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that you........
1) deny the authority of the Pope I do not accept the authority of anyone other than the word in my life. Impute - yes; authority - no.
2) belief in justification by faith alone justification at the point of faith -- not faith alone; and this "faith" is a connection between my faith and the faith of Jesus, Himself ------------------------- biblically speaking "faith unto faith."
3) believe in a priesthood of all believers I do not know what this means. Perhaps it has something to do with what I have already said.
4) accept the Bible as the only source of revealed truth Nope. It is my primary source of "authority, but certainly not the only one. We, I, receive "truth" from a number of sources. None of them conflict with the biblical message.
5) and my simplistic definition: accept the Trinity Doctrine Truth be told -- no. I believe in the Father and the Son. the Holy (what else would "he" be?) Spirit is the Father and/or the Son at work in this world, in my life, in the community of the saints, etc. Paul tells us that the Spirit is Christ.
........So John, I don't want to pigeon hole you in a category you don't feel is proper. Which of the above criteria do you reject?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We have an earlier post (this evening) that is a much better start than this one. You want me to be a Portestant, no argument. Call me anything you want -- just don't don't call me late to dinner. Let's trash this post -- shall we?
Jd
What is going on here, with me, is that I did not like the way I responded to you in this post and would rather start over ------------- perhaps we are on the right track.
Jd
