When will protestants take the responsability for splitting christianity?

Question

And causing unbelivers to mock belivers in Christ for their disunity?
And giving them another reason not to believe the gospel and be saved.
I'm horrified really.
We as Christians need a united front to counter the attacks from the evil one, so very common today,
There are souls at stake.

What divided us 100's of years ago cannot any longer be so important that it hinders effective witness to the world of the mission and Divinity of Jesus and the mercy of the Living God,

Answer 1

Here is the crux of the problem: "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" (Amos 3:3)

As long as the Roman church continues to advocate Mary as a co-redemptrix, re-sacrifices Christ in the Mass, allows praying to the saints, the doctrine of purgatory, and the selling of indulgences, then there is no way for the Protestant church to reunite with the Roman one. And those are just a few of the issues that divide us.

All of the sources I have used favor the Roman position.

Answer 2

Luther split from the Catholic church because some of their teachings were not bible based, and for various other reasons. Even the Lutheran church has split into 3 synods because of differing beliefs. I, for one, celebrate the fact that there are different options for people to chose from, instead of just 'my way or the highway'. You will never get anyone to agree about all of the sacraments, etc.

Edited to address what poster added later: Yes, there is still at least one major difference that will never convince me to be Catholic. Make that two. The first is that Catholics still preach that to get into Heaven you must practice good works. Not true, and that's not written anywhere in the Bible. Second one is confession - I don't need an intermediary between God and me - I can talk to him just fine on my own. So yeah, there are still important reasons why the church split.

Answer 3

They split because they felt that the Catholic church was teaching wrong things. That is up to each person to decide if they were or not, but is it right to stick with something you believe to be wrong solely to present a united front. If you aren't following Jesus (even if you claim to be) then a united front is immaterial because Jesus isn't going to be too fond of someone who is twisting his words into something evil. Which is what the early protestants felt the Catholic church was doing, so they were right to leave (either they cleaned out the Catholic church of unbelievers, or they founded a way that may be the correct way and provided a chance for true believers).

Answer 4

Guess you are not familiar with the great schism of the late eleventh century, when the Greek/Eastern Orthodox Church broke away from the authority of the Roman Catholic Church?

They had problems with the practices of the papacy, just as Luther and other Protestants of the sixteenth century did.

And yet, you choose to blame them, and not the Catholic Church? Interesting. And biased.

I really think you need to spend more time studying the history of your own religion and look at the separation of Christianity from a variety of perspectives.

Answer 5

Well my Friend as a Christian some of us are starting to wake up now something you and all Christians need to do to, if you need the gospels to be saved that tells me that you literally believe in a book that man wrote, thereby worshipping a man and that would be idol worship, Jesus taught us to worship God the father not him, he simply gave us the message, unfortunately religion joined by Christianity have distorted removed and interpreted to suit it for their benefit and that's where you will find your evil one. oh the souls at stake there is only one yours, so you decide what god you want to worship may God bless you.

Answer 6

Martin Luther did the right thing. He challenged the Vatican's corruption with his 95 thesis which he nailed to the door of Wittenburg Abbey. The Prostestant Reformation went the right step for Christianity.

Answer 7

Blaming "protestants" is not the way to present a united front. Stop doing what you accuse others of doing.

Don't forget the scripture, about the beam in your own eye, and a splinter in another's...you are demonstrating it with these hostile remarks disguised as "questions".

Answer 8

good point> there are currenlty 34K denominations of christianity! it is said that there are 5 new denominations starting each year!! satan is doing a good job is splitting the body of christ and cauising disunity, disagreement and anger> we must try to unite and form one body as Jesus instructed>

Answer 9

Maybe soon after the church of Rome takes responsibility for the massacres, murders, political intrigue, and holocausts for which it was directly responsible in the pre-Reformation era.

Here's a hint: Don't hold your breath.

Answer 10

Your Q indicates that you feel that Protestants ESCAPING the clutches of the Vatican was a horrible deed.

Sorry you feel that way.

Many besides myself refuse to belong to a group who teach
""Another Gospel"".

I do understand your idea that a united front is desired...but PLEASE! Not under the Poop of Rome (Vaticanus).