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Would you prefer I recite it in Latin or in English?Probably a 'lost and wandering' sheep, to use Christian vernacular.
Do you know what the Apostle's Creed is?
Would you prefer I recite it in Latin or in English?Probably a 'lost and wandering' sheep, to use Christian vernacular.
Do you know what the Apostle's Creed is?
Christians (particularly Catholics) tend to not think of other Christians with differing doctrinal beliefs and/or interpretations of scripture as Christians. It's why there's so many denominations out there.Christian is literally part of the name my parents gave me. If I'm not Christian, then what am I?
We all worship the same God, just in different ways. I've said that to an Imam and a Rabbi.Christians (particularly Catholics) tend to not think of other Christians with differing doctrinal beliefs and/or interpretations of scripture as Christians. It's why there's so many denominations out there.
The RCC is closer to a sovereign nation with embassies and consulates in nearly every town, it's own foreign and domestic policies, and it's own banks (full of all sorts on sketchily obtained loot and funds).We all worship the same God, just in different ways. I've said that to an Imam and a Rabbi.
It might seem that way, but it's actually not.Christians (particularly Catholics) tend to not think of other Christians with differing doctrinal beliefs and/or interpretations of scripture as Christians. It's why there's so many denominations out there.
Apostolic Creed said:I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Nicean Creed said:We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God. begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation, he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Seventh Day Adventists are not Christians according to this understanding (they deny the Trinity)
*while typing this, in the background parents currently listening to video of some dude arguing SDA church is on the wrong path because they're Trinitarians and that Bible and Ellen White argued for Arianism*Official Beliefs of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church said:There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three coeternal Persons.
Sadly this joke is more real than one might expect:*goes to official SDA site*
*looks at 28 Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-Day Adventists on the site*
*#2*
*while typing this, in the background parents currently listening to video of some dude arguing SDA church is on the wrong path because they're Trinitarians and that Bible and Ellen White argued for Arianism*
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Sorry, got the Seventh Day Adventists and the Jehovah's Witnesses confused for some reason. That was who I was thinking of.*goes to official SDA site*
*looks at 28 Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-Day Adventists on the site*
*#2*
*while typing this, in the background parents currently listening to video of some dude arguing SDA church is on the wrong path because they're Trinitarians and that Bible and Ellen White argued for Arianism*
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Christians (particularly Catholics) tend to not think of other Christians with differing doctrinal beliefs and/or interpretations of scripture as Christians. It's why there's so many denominations out there.
Mormon's are a Abrahamaic religion, who are similar to Muslim's in how they derive their faith from some shared sources and stories. However they have their own 'prophet' like Muslims, and the whole polygamy thingNot so. While there are denominations whose formal hierarchy are not considered Christian anymore because they've thrown out the Bible and embraced leftism (The Episcopal church openly has practicing homosexual cardinals), the members of basically every significant church holds members of other churches as Christians too.
The Catholics as a partial exception are likely to say that Lutherans, Anglicans, Baptists, etc, are 'tragically led partially astray' or something like that, but it's more an attitude of 'we wish they'd end this tragic schism' than a 'they're filthy heathens.'
Every other denomination I've visited or been part of has, at most, thought 'you have some funny customs,' and sometimes had 'our preferred customs are different enough that we need to be separate church communities,' but still holding each other as Christians.
There are some tiny radical fringe groups that think that everyone else is so wrong they're going to hell, and of course the Mormons whose belief system is not remotely Christian, but want to claim kinship in spite of that. Jehovah's Witness are also a splinter, but to my knowledge they don't actually consider themselves Christians anyways.
That's pretty much what got them persecuted. Most present day Mormons aren't ok with that.and the whole polygamy thing