Baptists not Protestant?

[Marnie]

Hold on...hold on. I must have missed something here. JW's and Mormons are cults, they are not Christian denominations. It is accepted that if you are a Christian and not Roman Catholic, then you are protestant, regardless of what denomination you belong to. Just look at any government survey forms. I think you're all a bit nit picky about this, or maybe I am over simplifying it.

[Marnie]

"Now, there are anal-retentive types who would say that MY denomination is not Protestant, but the reality is, if you are a Christian, but not Roman Catholic, you are a Protestant, regardless of what affiliation you may have." Marnie

Balderdash!!

There is a church on earth today which precedes the Roman Catholics and can trace its line from Christ and the Apostles and has NOTHING to do with Roman Catholicism and its daughters. It is the Church of God which you read about in the New Testament. Acts tells its early history and the Epistles are actual letters of the Apostles to some of its congregations and leaders.

It is neither Roman Catholic nor Protestant.

Waimahia

Hey dude, re-read the question. It has to do with baptists...although they claim many things, the only baptist before the Reformation was John the Baptist. Balderdash..indeed! But, I love that word. It's my new favorite. Balderdash. I love writing it. Balderdash!

[Khristeeanos]

Anabaptists predate the Protestant Reformation.

I belong to a group of churches that are not Protestant as well.

[Marnie]

Anabaptists predate the Protestant Reformation.

I belong to a group of churches that are not Protestant as well.

Fascinating. I didn't know anabaptists were still around. What group of churches (other than RC) are not protestant? I am assuming it is a Christian denomination, right?

[apothanein kerdos]

Protestants are generally the denominations that formed out of the Catholic church. In other words, Catholics (or former ones) protesting Catholics. The Baptist claim to trace their beliefs back to the anabaptists, who predate the reformation by hundreds of years.

[Pax]

Hey yall, as many of you know, I had to write a paper for Comparative Religions class on a denomination and chose to do it on Independant Fundamental Baptists. The Lord showed me a lot about baptists(my own religion) through this paper, there is something very interesting that I saw. I read in a book that we lent to me by a pastor at my church that baptists aren't protestants. It also seems that if I were to say that anyone, they get really upset with me. What's the deal?

Kittylover,

I was born and raised Baptist, but converted to Catholicism 5 years ago. I spent much time studying Church history before I converted. I can tell you that the first Church established after Jesus Christ walked on Earth, was the Catholic Church. Anyone who doesn't agree with this simply doesn't know Church history or has been mislead to give their specific denomination crediablity. Peter was the first Pope of the Catholic Church, we are talking about the Peter who walked with Jesus Christ. Specifically look up Mathew 16: 18-19. Every Christian in the world was considered Catholic, hence the word catholic, which means universal. So the Catholic Church was the universal Chrisitian Church. In 1054 A.D. there was the "Great Schism" between the east and west Catholic Church. The eastern churches didn't want to recognize the Pope as the official head of the Church. However they kept all seven of the Sacraments of the Church. To this day they still aren't in line with Rome because they fail to recognize the Holy See first founded by Peter and now filled by Pope Benedict.

The word Protestant didn't even come into existance to define a group of religious people until 1529 A.D.

Protestation of the Lutheran Princes and Cities against the decision of the Reichstag at Speier in 1529 gave the new religionists the name of "Protestants."

Martin Luther was the founder of the Protestant movement, but shortly after Luther broke off from the Catholic Church, John Calvin and others decided that they knew how to interpret the Bible better and splintering of Christendom began in full force. All Christian denominations other than Catholics are called Protestants. Simply because they protested the official teaching of the first Christian Church....which was the Catholic Church. This notion that Anabaptist or any other Denomination started before Catholicism is simply not true. All the early Chruch fathers from Augustine to Justin the Martyr etc were Catholic.

A very good source for you while doing this paper would be a book called. "Roots of the Reformation" by Karl Adams. You can find it very easy by doing a google search. It is a small paper back book of only 100 pages and cost $6.00. This would be very good for you to read.

[kittylover0991]

Jesus Christ, the Messiah and Savior of a lost and dying world first started the church when he called his disciples. He told Simon,

[IslandRose]

You may also look up information about the Novatians, the Donatists, the Lollards, and the Albigenses. These are some of the roots.

[Waimahia]

No offense, but doesn't the Church of God date back to about the 1800s?

I think there is a Pentecostal group that has usurped the name.

But I am talking about the Church of God which was founded by Christ and ministered to by the Apostles and whose early history is recounted in Acts. My posting actually was clear on this point, wasn't it Kittylover? It's not a matter to be debated.

Kind regards,

Waimahia

[Guest shiloh357]

One of the biggest things that some people, have a hard time with is that Baptists are not protestants. Baptists have a timeline that runs parallel to the Catholic Church.