What do protestants really believe in?

Question

I am catholic and i think ya'lls religon is quite ilogical.

Answer 1

o do not worry they will call us the whore of Babylon and tell us we do not need to do good deeds as God ultimately will let us in on the number of Bible verses we have memorized. Then they will claim that Catholics added books to the Bible, worship statues, Mary and the pope. Then they will claim we are the pharisies with our heirarchy, when in fact their total submission to scripture is similar to the pharisies of old.

But do not judge, we all believe in Christ and when they realize that they can join us at the Lord's table

Answer 2

Basically many of the same things you believe.

This is not the place to give a complete answer, but let me hit on the major points:

1. The deity of Jesus Christ as the Son of God, the second personage of the Trinity.

2. Salvation through Grace, specifically the work of Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of our faith who died on the cross for the remission of our sins.

3. The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Who now sits at the right Hand of the Father and makes intercession for the Saints ( that would be us)

4. The eminent rapture of the church of Jesus Christ ( see 1 Thessalonians 4:16 & 17 and 1 Corinthians 15:51-54)

5. Raptured Christians appear at the judgement seat of Christ ( the Bema seat) 1 Corinthians 3:10-14 and 2 Corinthians 5:10. Next for Christians is the marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:7-9)
At the same time on earth, the Anti-Christ appears and the Tribulation begins (2 Thessalonians 2:3-12

6. At the end of the seven year Tribulation, Christ returns as King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19:11-16) and all the Saints (again that would be all the believers) appear with Him (Revelation 19:14)

7. The millennial reign of Christ (Revelation chapter 20)

8. The great white throne judgement Revelation 20:11-15
Most Protestant denominations believe in a literal hell, with no concept of purgatory, its either heaven or hell for all eternity.

9. The back of the book, we win!!!!



I described what we believe in the simplest way I knew. But I left one thing out, most Protestants, myself included, believe every single word of the Bible literally. It is the inerrant word of God.

I decided to answer your rather rude question as best as I could. I believe that there is only one church with Jesus as our head, so I think denomination bashing is pointless, no wonder the atheists laugh at us.

Answer 3

what the hell people? prostestants are christians so are catholics and so is any one who believes Christ was a deity (God). Christian literly means slave of christ. Orginally Catholic was the only religion (other than orthadox church but it was on the other side of the "world") and Martin Luther a monk in Germany was upset at some doctrine of the catholic faith, espeically the Godly-ness position that the pope had taken on including the rest of the church that basically said you can not speak to god or have a relationship with God except throught the church and thoes ordained by the church (still today their belief, thus why Catholics have confession and so on). Which, by the way, is complety contradictory of what the bible says.
So Martin Luther "protested" the Catholic faith by nailing his 99 proclimations to the door of the monestary soon people realizing among other things like the corruption of the extreme power that the Catholic church had at the time and just a simple aknowledgement that there was another way to be with God and not have to follow whatever the Catholic church told them. They then formed what is now called,and what today encompasses many different denomnations of Christian belifs, the protestant church.
. England was the first to regonize it as thier formal religon. Rember King Henery kept killing his wives so he could re-marry but the pope who had way to much power and was basically running England got so much in the way that he told King Henery that he couldn't divorse her the only way to un marry her was to kill her so he told the pope to buzz off and he switched England and himself to being "non catholic" which is to be "protest"-ant" and thats where the anglican faith came from (in this country its called episcpalian). Except for the gross misspellings, does any of this ring a bell? I mean its only the largest faith in the world.
You can either go with that explination, or you can just stick to what you were taught from your Catholic upbringing (i am assuming based on your ignorance) that we are all pagen cult members and are going straight to hell, I dunno your choice.

Answer 4

I'm a Catholic and I think that statement was commpletely rude.

Shame on you to come here saying you're a Catholic and acting like that.

There are many forms of Protestantism. I bet you can't define a single one. Can you? Since you can't, how can you say it's illogical?

To my Protestant friends here, I must apologize for said Catholic's rude behavior.

I am so sorry to have people like this claim to be representing MY faith!

Answer 5

Protestants believe that Jesus was born to a woman named MARY and was conceived by the Holy Spirit. We also believe that God sent His Son to earth as a living sacrifice for all of our sins by dying on the cross. He also rose from the dead after three days and ascended into Heaven!

Answer 6

The phrase “sola scriptura” is from the Latin: "sola" having the idea of "alone," "ground," "base," and the word "scriptura" meaning "writings" - referring to the Scriptures. Sola scriptura means that Scripture alone is authoritative for the faith and practice of the Christian. The Bible is complete, authoritative, and true. "All Scripture is 'God breathed' (given of inspiration of God) and is profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, instruction in righteousness..." (2 Timothy 3:16).

Sola scriptura was the "rallying cry" of the Protestant Reformation. For centuries the Roman Catholic Church had made its traditions superior in authority to the Bible. This resulted in many practices that were, in fact, contradictory to the Bible. Some examples are prayer to saints and/or Mary, the immaculate conception, transubstantiation, infant baptism, indulgences, and papal authority. Martin Luther, the founder of the Lutheran Church and father of the Protestant Reformation, was publicly rebuking the Catholic Church for its unbiblical teachings. The Catholic Church threatened Martin Luther with excommunication (and death) if he did not recant. Martin Luther's reply was, "Unless therefore I am convinced by the testimony of Scripture, or by the clearest reasoning, - unless I am persuaded by means of the passages I have quoted, - and unless they thus render my conscience bound by the Word of God, I cannot and will not retract, for it is unsafe for a Christian to speak against his conscience. Here I stand, I can do no other; may God help me! Amen!"
Again, traditions are not the problem. Unbiblical traditions are the problem. The availability of the Scriptures throughout the centuries is not the determining factor. The Scriptures themselves are the determining factor. We now have the Scriptures readily available to us. Through studying God’s Word, it is clear that many church traditions that have developed over the centuries are in fact contradictory to the Word of God. This is where sola scriptura applies. Traditions that are based on, and are in agreement with God’s Word can be maintained. Traditions that are not based on, and/or are in disagreement with God’s Word, must be rejected. Sola scriptura points us back to what God has revealed to us in His Word. Sola scriptura ultimately points us back to the God who always speaks the truth, never contradicts Himself, and always proves Himself to be dependable.

Answer 7

Protesting?

Answer 8

Christian Protestant and Catholicism Theologies:
http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/catholic_protestant.htm
http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/catholicism.htm

Answer 9

Why is the Protestant religion illogical to you? Why is it any more illogical to you than your own religion or any other Christian denomination, or any other denomination of any other world religion?

Are petty differences really what people should be concerned about when it comes to faith?

Answer 10

They believe in Jesus and the Bible.

And they believe in protesting.